What Is the Principle of Independent Assortment

question 38

Multiple Choice

What is the principle of independent assortment?

• A) the principle that alleles of different genes are distributed together,as a package
• B) the principle wherein alleles of maternal and paternal genes are aligned in the cell during meiosis and separated independently of one another
• C) the principle that occurs only during meiosis II
• D) a process that only occurs if chromosome pairs are aligned in the center of the cell
• E) None of the above.

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Definitions:

Stimulates Ovulation

Refers to the process or agents that trigger the release of one or more eggs from the ovary.

GnRH

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone, a peptide hormone that triggers the release of LH and FSH, which in turn regulate reproductive processes.

LH

Luteinizing Hormone, a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that triggers ovulation and stimulates the production of estrogen and progesterone in females, and testosterone in males.

FSH

A gonadotropin, a glycoprotein polypeptide hormone synthesized and secreted by the pituitary gland which regulates the development, growth, pubertal maturation, and reproductive processes of the body.