Answer:
The kinetochore of the chromosomes
Explanation:
<em>What could be damaged that is hindering the spindle fibers from attaching to the chromosomes are the kinetochores of the chromosomes.</em>
At the metaphase stage of the cell division, the chromosomes align at the equator of the cell and the spindle fibers engage each chromosome at a region known as the kinetochore.
The kinetochore is made up of complex proteins and lies around the centromere region of the chromosome. The microtubules of the spindle fibers attach to this region during the metaphase stage.
<u>If the kinetochore is damaged, it means the spindle fiber will not be able to attach to the chromosome. </u>
This can be solved either by using a Punnet Square or you can use the formula (n(n+1))/2, where n is the number of alleles. However, using either method will give you the number of possible genotypes regardless if it's homozygous or heterozygous. If we use the second formula, that will give you 10 possible genotypes. Since you only want to know the number of heterozygous genotypes, you should subtract the number of possible homozygous genotypes. In this case, there are four. That is (A1,A1), (A2,A2), (A3,A3), and (A4,A4). Knowing this, you'd be able to figure out that there are six heterozygous genotypes.
(A1,A2), (A2,A3), (A3,A4), (A1,A4), (A1,A3), (A2,A4)
1. Plasma
2. Platelets
3. Red Blood Cells
4. White blood cells
B. A dichotomous key uses question pairs to identify organisms by their characteristics.
