Question

Why are mendels law important?

Answer 1

Mendel's law:

1. Law of Dominance:
   • This is also called Mendel’s 1st law of inheritance.
   • According to this law of dominance, hybrid offspring will only inherit dominant traits in phenotype.
   • Such alleles which are suppressed are called the recessive traits while alleles which determine the trait are known as the dominant traits.
2. Law of Segregation:
   • This law of segregation depicts that during the production of gametes, 2 copies of each hereditary factor segregate so that offspring can acquire one factor from each parent.
   • In other words, the allele (alternative form of the gene) pairs segregate during this formation of gamete and re-unite randomly during fertilization. This is also called Mendel's third law of inheritance.
3. Law of Independent Assortment:
   • It is also called as Mendel’s 2nd law of inheritance, the law of independent assortment states that a pair of traits segregate independently of another pair during the gamete formation.
   • As individual heredity factors assort independently, different traits get equal opportunity to occur together.