define law of segregation and law of independent assortment in simple language

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law of segregation, states that allele pairs separate or segregate during gamete formation, and randomly unite at fertilization.

the principle, originated by Gregor Mendel, stating that when two or more characteristics are inherited, individual hereditary factors assort independentlyduring gamete production, giving different traits an equal opportunity of occurring together.

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