If Mendel had chosen more than seven traits in his plants, he might have run into some confusing results regarding:
Correct answer: C. The law of independent assortment
- A. The phenomenon of dominance
- B. The law of segregation
- C. The law of independent assortment
- D. All of the above
Explanation
Mendel's law of independent assortment states that the alleles of two (or more) different genes get sorted into gametes independently of one another. In other words, the allele a gamete receives for one gene does not influence the allele received for another gene.
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Mendel's laws explain segregation, independent assortment and the prediction of genetic ratios using alleles, genotypes and phenotypes. The chapter also covers linked genes, recombination and crossing over during meiosis, then applies pedigree reasoning to X-linked recessive traits, which show different inheritance patterns in males and females.
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