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For an autosomal gene with three alleles, a diploid cell may have up to how many different alleles of that gene?

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Diploid organisms inherit 2 copies. This means they normally have at most 2 alleles for any given gene.

Haploid gametes each carry one entire copy of the genome (the set of unique chromosomes). Merging two gametes to form a zygote provides two copies of the genome so there are homologous pairs of chromosomes that may be carrying different alleles for any given gene.
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