For a species with a haploid number of 23 chromosomes, how many different combinations of maternal and paternal chromosomes are possible for the gametes based on the independent assortment of chromosomes during meiosis?

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The number of different combinations of chromosomes possible is 2^n, where n is the haploid number of chromosomes. For a species with a haploid number of 23, this would be 2^23, which is about 8 million different combinations.

For a Species with a Haploid Number of 23 Chromosomes