According to the law of independent assortment, there are 2n combinations where chromosomes can assort into different gametes. So where n is the haploid number, you get 223=8,388,608. There are 8,388,608 possible combinations of chromosomes when assorting into gametes.

According to the law of independent assortment, there are 2n combinations where chromosomes can assort into different gametes. So where n is the haploid number, you get 223=8,388,608. There are 8,388,608 possible combinations of chromosomes when assorting into gametes.

According to the law of independent assortment, there are 2n combinations where chromosomes can assort into different gametes. So where n is the haploid number, you get 223=8,388,608. There are 8,388,608 possible combinations of chromosomes when assorting into gametes.

The child is blood type AB, meaning that the child has both the "A" antigen and the "B" antigen on his or her red blood cells. The child is able to express the products of both genes simultaneously. The A antigen was inherited from mom, and the B antigen was inherited from dad. The "A" and "B" alleles are codominant because they can both be expressed in the same person at the same time if the person inherits both alleles, as is the case in this example.

The phenotypic ratio is the ratio of one phenotype to another (phenotype is the trait expressed, in this case color, while genotype is the allele combination (BB, bb, Bb, or bB) that produces that phenotype. The capital letters BB signify that the blue allele (B) is dominant to the white allele (b). As such, the only genotype that will produce white plants is bb. All other combinations (BB, Bb, bB) will produce a blue plant. If you cross a homozygous (both dominant or both recessive) dominant plant with a homozygous recessive plant, the dominant allele will be present in all of the offspring, as every possible allele the blue plant could contribute will be dominant to every possible allele the white plant could contribute, making all of the offspring blue.

The correct answer is "X-linked." Mammalian females have two X chromosomes, with recessive alleles often not apparent unless there are two copies. Mammalian males have only one X chromosome, so any recessive alleles on it will be expressed.

The phenotypic ratio is the ratio of one phenotype to another (phenotype is the trait expressed, in this case color, while genotype is the allele combination (BB, bb, Bb, or bB) that produces that phenotype. The capital letters BB signify that the blue allele (B) is dominant to the white allele (b). As such, the only genotype that will produce white plants is bb. All other combinations (BB, Bb, bB) will produce a blue plant. If you cross a homozygous (both dominant or both recessive) dominant plant with a homozygous recessive plant, the dominant allele will be present in all of the offspring, as every possible allele the blue plant could contribute will be dominant to every possible allele the white plant could contribute, making all of the offspring blue.

The child is blood type AB, meaning that the child has both the "A" antigen and the "B" antigen on his or her red blood cells. The child is able to express the products of both genes simultaneously. The A antigen was inherited from mom, and the B antigen was inherited from dad. The "A" and "B" alleles are codominant because they can both be expressed in the same person at the same time if the person inherits both alleles, as is the case in this example.

The correct answer is "rr". In order to express the recessive phenotype (white flowers), the organism must have only the recessive allele. When the question stem says that the organism is "diploid," it means that each flower has two copies of each chromosome. This means that the flower must have two alleles, so there must be two letters, not just one, in the correct answer.

The correct answer is "X-linked." Mammalian females have two X chromosomes, with recessive alleles often not apparent unless there are two copies. Mammalian males have only one X chromosome, so any recessive alleles on it will be expressed.