The Principle of Independent Assortment States That

question 39

Multiple Choice

The principle of independent assortment states that:

• A) each offspring from a single set of parents is very likely to be genetically unique.
• B) genetic variation is likely to occur during reproduction.
• C) after meiosis, each gamete produced is likely to have a different set of 23 chromosomes.
• D) all of the above are true.

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