Question

A particular plant has 10 pairs of chromosomes in each cell. For each of the plant's gametes, how many genetic combinations

are possible through independent assortment?
A. 200
B. 512
C. 1,024
D. 1,048,576

Answer 1

its c

Step-by-step explanation:

i knew it

Answer 2

C. 1,024

Step-by-step explanation:

There are 2ⁿ possible combinations of chromosomes in gametes, where "n" is the number of chromosomes going into each gamete.

For example, if there are three pairs of chromosomes - A and a, B and b, and C and c

Each gamete could get:

• A, B, C
• a, b, c
• a, b, C
• a, B, C
• A, b, c
• A, B, c
• A, b, C
• a, B, c

That is 8 possible combinations from 3 pairs of chromosomes. 8 is 2³.

So if there are 10 pairs of chromosomes the number of possible combinations = 2¹⁰ = 1024