Mendel's Law of independent assortment stated that:

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

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When gametes form, alleles are separated so that each gamete carries only one allele for each gene.

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Recessive alleles will be masked by dominant alleles.

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

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Solution

The correct option is C 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.

Suggest Corrections

	I		II
A	Dominance	i	In a heterozygous organism both alleles express themselves fully
B	Epistasis	ii	A single gene influences many characters
C	Pleiotropy	iii	One gene is suppressed by other gene.
D	Codominance	iv	One allele masks the other allele of the same gene