If an Organism Is Diploid and a Certain Gene Found

question 47

Multiple Choice

If an organism is diploid and a certain gene found in the organism has 18 known alleles (variants) , then any given organism of that species can/must have which of the following?

• A) at most, 2 alleles for that gene
• B) up to 18 chromosomes with that gene
• C) up to 18 genes for that trait
• D) a haploid number of 9 chromosomes
• E) up to, but not more than, 18 different traits

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