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Q: What creates different combinations of maternal and paternal chromosomes in gametes?
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Is there a maternal gene?

there are both paternal and maternal chromosomes, which carry maternal/paternal genes.


How do sister chromatids differ from homolohous chromosomes?

Homologous chromosomes is a pair made of a paternal and maternal chromosomes. But sister chromatid is either pairs of paternal or maternal chromosomes


One set of chromosomes from the father?

Chromosomes from the father are called y chromosomes.


What is the event that results when the maternal and paternal chromosomes combine?

Fertilization


The pairing up of maternal and paternal chromosomes during meiosis happens in?

Prophase I


What would happen if the paternal and maternal chromosomes went to opposite poles?

Then you would have clones!


What is the random separation of maternal and paternal chromosomes during anaphase 1?

independent assortment


How many assortmants of maternal and paternal chromosomes are possible in human gametes?

There are 23 pairs of chromosomes. This means that during meiosis there are 2 varieties of each chromosome to choose from - one paternal and one maternal. The assortment of individual chromosomes occurs independent of the other chromosomes. There are therefore 23 independent selection events, each with 2 options to choose from - so the total number of possible combinations is 223.


How many different combinations of maternal and paternal chromosomes can be packaged in gametes made by an organism with a diploid number of 8?

There are about 8 million possibilities for the gametes.


How many chromosomes do the daughter cells os meiosis 1 contain?

Daughter cells usually have a mixture of maternal and paternal chromosomes during meiosis 1


What is difference between maternal and paternal?

"Maternal" is of or pertaining to the mother, "paternal" is of or pertaining to the father.


How do you make a sentence with maternal and paternal?

Maternal refers to your mother and paternal to your father. My maternal grandmother lives in Scotland, but my paternal grandmother lives just down the street.