Independent Assortment Means

question 27

Multiple Choice

Independent assortment means

• A) only one allele actually makes protein while the other is inactive,and the one that's active is random and independent of other allele pairs.
• B) the segments of homologous chromosomes that are exchanged are random and independent of other segments.
• C) only some chromosomes are duplicated,and which chromosomes are duplicated is random and independent of other chromosomes.
• D) which sperm cell carries an X chromosome and which carries a Y chromosome is random and independent of the other sperm.
• E) homologous chromosomes segregate into daughter cells randomly and independently of one another.

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