Answer:
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:
- A, B, C
- a, b, c
- a, b, C
- a, B, C
- A, b, c
- A, B, c
- A, b, C
- a, B, c
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
