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A particular ant species has four pairs of chromosomes. Identify the genetic possibilities from independent assortment of a gamete.

A. 256
B. 124
C. 16
D. 8

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A. 256 it would be 4 to the fourth power 
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In this question, the ant has 4 pairs of chromosomes. Each pair of chromosomes will be separated in a gamete, resulting 4 unpaired chromosomes. That is why gamete is called haploid or n.
That means only 1 of the 2 chromosomes that will be carried into a gamete, assuming the gene heterozygote then there would be 2 possibilities. Since each chromosome pairs can produce 2 possibilities for each male or female, their interaction will result as (2x2) 4 possibilities.
Then for 4 chromosomes would be 4^4 possibilities= 256 possibilities of offspring
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