A species of fish has a diploid chromosome number of 36.How many different types of gametes can be produced from meiosis in a diploid individual with just independent assortment (no crossing over)? A) 2¹⁸ B) 2³⁶ C) 2⁷² D) 18² E) 36²

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The number of different types of gametes produced by independent assortment is 2 raised to the power of the haploid number of chromosomes. For a diploid number of 36, the haploid number is 18, so the number of different gametes is 2^18.

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