A particular plant has 10 pairs of chromosomes in each cell. For each of the plant's gametes, how many genetic combinations are possible through independent assortment?
A. 200
B. 512
C. 1,024
D. 1,048,576

C. 1,024

Explanation:

There are 2ⁿ possible combinations of chromosomes in gametes, where "n" is the number of chromosomes going into each gamete.

For example, if there are three pairs of chromosomes - A and a, B and b, and C and c

Each gamete could get:

That is 8 possible combinations from 3 pairs of chromosomes. 8 is 2³.

So if there are 10 pairs of chromosomes the number of possible combinations = 2¹⁰ = 1024

surface mining destroys mountain tops, landscapes, forests and wildlife habitats. on top of that, it leads to soil erosion and destruction of agricultural land. the landscape changes can also disrupt river channels and streams, which leads to flooding. which, can destroy plant life and other animals as well.

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