What Aspect of Chromosome Behavior Most Clearly Accounts for Mendel's

question 37

Multiple Choice

What aspect of chromosome behavior most clearly accounts for Mendel's law of independent assortment?

• A)movement of sister chromatids to opposite poles at anaphase II of meiosis
• B)movement of homologous chromosomes to opposite poles at anaphase I of meiosis
• C)crossing over between homologous chromosomes during prophase I of meiosis
• D)replication of chromosomes prior to meiosis
• E)independent alignment of different homologous pairs on the metaphase I spindle

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Osteocytes

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