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Question 3: A diploid organism is heterozygous for 4 loci, how many types of gametes can be produced?

Class 12 - Biology - Principles of Inheritance and Variation Page 93

Answer 1

2^n here n equal to 4 therefore 2^4 equal to 16.

Answer 2

Heterozygous organisms are the organisms that have different alleles which paired with an allelic pair.

Explanation:

Locus is defined as a fixed point present in chrormosome consist of single or multiple genes. Hence on the basis of principles of Inheritance and Variation, a diploid organism will show four different characters four four loci.

The mathematical formula for types of gametes produced by organism is 2∧n

where n suggest the number of loci in heterozygous organism.

As given, n = 4

Therefore, types of gametes produced =  2∧4  = 16.

Hence, the number of gametes produced will be 16.

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