Why law of independent assortment is also called as laws of inheritance?
Why law of independent assortment is also called as laws of inheritance?
Laws of inheritance were given by Mendel after carrying out experiments on Pea plant. These laws defines the transmission of characters from one generation to other and the transmission pattern followed by the alleles responsible for the traits.
According to Law of independent assortment- 1. When two pairs of traits are combined in a hybrid, one pair of character segregates independent of the other pair of character. 2. In a dihybrid cross between two plants having round yellow (RRYY) and wrinkled green seeds (rryy), four types of gametes (RY, Ry, rY, ry) are produced. Each of these segregate independent of each other, each having a frequency of 25% of the total gametes produced.
Since, this law, generally shows the transmission of two characters independently to the next generation, Mendel included it in the laws of inheritance . Although there are some exception for this law also.
Laws of inheritance were given by Mendel after carrying out experiments on Pea plant. These laws defines the transmission of characters from one generation to other and the transmission pattern followed by the alleles responsible for the traits.
According to Law of independent assortment- 1. When two pairs of traits are combined in a hybrid, one pair of character segregates independent of the other pair of character. 2. In a dihybrid cross between two plants having round yellow (RRYY) and wrinkled green seeds (rryy), four types of gametes (RY, Ry, rY, ry) are produced. Each of these segregate independent of each other, each having a frequency of 25% of the total gametes produced.
Since, this law, generally shows the transmission of two characters independently to the next generation, Mendel included it in the laws of inheritance . Although there are some exception for this law also.
