Which of Mendel's laws states that when two homozygous individuals with one or more sets of contrasting characteristics are crossed, the characteristics which appear in F $_{1}$ hybrids are dominant and those which do not are recessive?

Law of segregation

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Law of dominance

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Law of independent assortment

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None of the above

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The correct option is C Law of dominance
The law of dominance states that in a cross of parents that are pure for contrasting traits, only one form of the trait will appear in the next generation. Offspring that are hybrid for a trait will have only the dominant trait in the phenotype. So, if there exist two contrasting traits, one of the traits will always suppress the other, thereby expressing itself. Such a trait is known as a dominating trait. The suppressed trait is known as a recessive trait. Also, the recessive trait freely expresses itself in the absence of the dominant state.

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Which of Mendel's laws states that when two homozygous individuals with one or more sets of contrasting characteristics are crossed, the characteristics which appear in F1 hybrids are dominant and those which do not are recessive?

Which of Mendel's laws states that when two homozygous individuals with one or more sets of contrasting characteristics are crossed, the characteristics which appear in F $_{1}$ hybrids are dominant and those which do not are recessive?