Question

Mendel's Law of independent assortment stated that:

• A. The segregation of alleles for one gene occurs independently to that of any other gene.
• B. When gametes form, alleles are separated so that each gamete carries only one allele for each gene.
• C. Recessive alleles will be masked by dominant alleles.
• D. The segregation of alleles for one gene occurs dependently to that of any other gene.

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

The segregation of alleles for one gene occurs independently to that of any other gene.

The Law of Independent Assortment states that during a dihybrid cross (crossing of two pairs of traits), an assortment of each pair of traits is independent of the other. In other words, during gamete formation, one pair of traits segregates from another pair of traits independently.

Hence, option A is correct.