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A diploid organism produces four gametes from one parent cellthrough the process of meiosis. Two gametes are found to have 4chromosomes, one gamete is found to have 3 chromosomes and onegamete is found to have 5 chromosomes.

A) Is this the expected number of chromosomesthat would be found in each gamete following a normal cycle ofmeiosis? If yes, explain why. If no, explain why not and describehow the gamete situation described above occurred.

B)   Determine the number ofhomologous chromosome pairs that the original parent cellcontained, before meiosis began. Explain how you determined thisvalue. Please note: a value without a written explanation will notbe graded.

Please clearly label your responses asA) and B) or it will not be possible tograde.

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A No this is clearly not the expected number of chromosomes The actual expected number of chromosomes in all the gametes formed must be 4 The situation would have occured in the following fashion due to improper meiosis The diploid organism would have had a total of 8 chromosomes in its dilpoid 2n state After the first    See Answer
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