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Ignoring the effects of chromosome crossovers, an individual human can in principle produce 223 = 8.4 × 106 genetically different gametes. How many of these possibilities can be “sampled” in the average life of (A) a female and (B) a male, given that women produce one egg a month during their fertile years, whereas men can make hundreds of millions of sperm each day?

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Essential Cell Biology

ISBN: 9780393680362

5th Edition

Authors: Bruce Alberts, Karen Hopkin, Alexander Johnson, David Morgan, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter

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