Give reasons for the appearance of new combinations of characters in F2 progeny.

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The reasons for the appearance of a new combination of characters are:
The appearance of new combinations among F2 progeny is due to the Law of Independent Assortment.
The Law of Independent assortment states that alleles of two different genes get sorted independently of one another.
The independently assorted genes recombine in the zygote to form new genetic combinations in the F2 generation.

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