[Reviews of Genetics] --- [First Semester Review]
21. An organism has 6 chromosomes. How many possible combinations of chromosomes are possible when sex cells are formed?

A) Two

B) Four

C) Six

D) Eight (6 chromosomes = 3 pairs, so 2 to the 3rd power equals 2 x 2 x 2 = 8)

E) Sixteen

F) Thirty-two

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Slichter