Define law of segregation?

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Law of segregation: This law states that when a pair of contrasting factors or genes are brought together in a heterozygote (hybrid), the two members of the allelic pair remain together without being contaminated and when the gametes are formed from the hybrid and the two separate out from each other and only one enters each gamete.

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