The number of possible genetically different gametes for an organism equals 2N, where N is the number of pairs of chromosomes. If an organism has 6 pairs of chromosomes, how many different gametes can it produce?
Biology · Middle School · Thu Feb 04 2021
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The formula 2N represents the number of possible genetically different gametes for an organism, where N is the number of pairs of chromosomes.
If an organism has 6 pairs of chromosomes (N=6), then the number of different gametes it can produce is 26
26=64
Therefore, the organism can produce 64 different genetically unique gametes.