Question

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)

Answer 1

A I don’t know tho it could be wrong

Answer 2

B, because each species has one female and one male (2) and makes it 12 pairs