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Biology: Concepts and Investigations 2nd Edition by Mariëlle Hoefnagels

Edition 2ISBN: 978-0077295349
book Biology: Concepts and Investigations 2nd Edition by Mariëlle Hoefnagels cover

Biology: Concepts and Investigations 2nd Edition by Mariëlle Hoefnagels

Edition 2ISBN: 978-0077295349
Exercise 13
A dog has 39 pairs of chromosomes. Considering only the orientation of homologous chromosomes during metaphase I, how many genetically different puppies are possible from the mating of two dogs? Is this number an underestimate or an overestimate? Why?
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There are 2 n = 2 39 (= 549,755,813,888)...

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