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:

Tolerance Limit

Refers to the maximum and minimum allowable limits within which a process or product's parameters must fall to be considered acceptable.

Standard Deviation

Standard deviation is a statistical measure quantifying the amount of variation or dispersion from the average in a set of data.

Control Limits

The boundaries in a control chart within which a process metric is considered to be in a state of control; exceeding these limits signals a potential problem or variability.

Sample Range

The difference between the largest and smallest values in a statistical sample, used as a measure of statistical dispersion or variability.