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A species of organism has 6 pairs of homologous chromosomes. Which of the following would be the total number of possible chromosomal combinations in a zygote of the species?

A. 256 (2^8)
B. 4096 (2^12)
C. 128 (2^7)
D. 1024 (2^9)
E. 64 (2^6)

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A I don’t know tho it could be wrong
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B, because each species has one female and one male (2) and makes it 12 pairs
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