Question

An organism with five pairs of chromosomes can have ____ genetic possibilities from independent assortment of its single gamete.

Answer 1

32

Step-by-step explanation:

`2^(5)`=32

Answer 2

An organism with 5 pairs of chromosomes can have 32 genetic possibilities from the independent assortment of its single gamete.

Step-by-step explanation:

There are 32 genetic possibilities from an independent assortment of its single gamete from 5 pairs of the chromosome from an organism.

To get the results,

calculate it using formula 2ⁿ.

2 = number of possible gamete combination

n = number of haploid chromosomes of an individual

According to the question,

replace the letter "n" by 5, indicating that;

2⁵=2×2×2×2×2=32