The beautiful red postman butterfly (Heliconius erato), shown below, has 21 pairs of homologous chromosomes (2N=42). If a red postman is heterozygous for just 4 genes on every chromosome, how many unique genotypes are possible in its gametes?

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The beautiful red postman butterfly (Heliconius erato), shown below, has 21 pairs of homologous chromosomes (2N=42). If a red postman is heterozygous for just 4 genes on every chromosome, how many unique genotypes are possible in its gametes?

a.2

b.4

c.221

d.242

e. 284

 

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