Question

Work out a typical Mendelian dihybrid cross and state the law that he derived from it.

Answer 1

Mendel performed many dihybrid crosses, with different combinations and every time he got a consistent pattern of results and the same ratio in $F_2$ generation. From this, he established the principle of independent assortment. It states that whentwoormore characteristicsareinherited,individual hereditary factors assort independently during gamete

production,givingdifferenttraitsandequalopportunityof occurringtogether.