Independent Assortment Refers to Which of the Following Statements

question 8

Multiple Choice

Independent assortment refers to which of the following statements?

• A) The position where crossing over occurs is random.
• B) A maternal chromosome may move toward either pole while the paternal homologue moves toward the other.
• C) The pole that any one chromosome moves toward is completely independent of the movement of the other 45 chromosomes in humans.
• D) The sperm that fertilizes the egg is selected at random.
• E) None of the choices is correct.

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