Solutions For An Introduction to Genetic Analysis Chapter 3 Problem 22P

If the process of meiosis occurs in the transient diploid stage formed in the cycle of a haploid organism, the probability that one specific cell will inherit the complete set of centromeres from one parent can be calculated step by step.

• The probability of one centromere from one parent going into one specific cell is

• Since the number of chromosomes is indicated by n, the probability would be

• The variable is added to indicate the specificity that all the centromeres should come only from one parent.

Hence the total probability would be.