Define Mendel's Law of Independent Assortment

question 25

Multiple Choice

Define Mendel's law of independent assortment.

• A)The inheritance of one character has no effect on the inheritance of another character.
• B)Segregation of homologous chromosomes is random.
• C)The expression of one gene has no effect on the expression of another gene.
• D)There are two versions of each trait, a dominant and a recessive; the one you get is random.

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