A woman with blonde curly hair married a man with black soft hair. All their children in the first generation had black soft hair but in the next generation, children had different combinations in the ratio 9:3:3:1. State the law that governs this expression. [2 MARKS]

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Law of independent assortment which states that the factors of different pairs of contrasting characters do not influence each other. They are independent of one another in their assortment.

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A woman with blonde curly hair married a man with black soft hair. All their children in the first generation had black soft hair but in the next generation, children had different combinations in the ratio 9:3:3:1. State the law that governs this expression. [2 MARKS]

Explanation: 2 Marks Law of independent assortment which states that the factors of different pairs of contrasting characters do not influence each other. They are independent of one another in their assortment.

Explanation: 2 Marks

Law of independent assortment which states that the factors of different pairs of contrasting characters do not influence each other. They are independent of one another in their assortment.