If an organism is diploid and a certain gene found in the organism has 18 known

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curlz

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on: Jun 18, 2013

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

coco

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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2013

I'm pretty sure it's A. Good luck

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curlz

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Reply #2 on: Jul 29, 2013

Great..that really helped.

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