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The Law of Independent Assortment

Mendelian rec...

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Mendelian recombinations are due to

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Linkage of genes

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Independent assortment of genes

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Dominance of genes

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None of these

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Solution

The correct option is B
Independent assortment of genes

The genes for different characters sort independently during gamete production. Different genes independently separate from one another and randomly segregate during gamete formation.

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