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Below Are Two Statements

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Below are two statements. Which (if any) applies to the law of segregation? Which (if any) applies to the law of independent assortment? I: Phenotypes for long tails and big eyes are inherited separately in lab mice.
II: A baby mouse inherits a maternal red-eye allele and a paternal black-eye allele.

Definitions:

Control Group

In experimental research, the group of subjects that does not receive the treatment being tested, used as a benchmark to measure the effect of the treatment.

Independent Variable

An independent variable is the variable in an experiment or study that is manipulated or changed by the researcher to observe its effect on the dependent variable.

Dependent Variable

In an experiment, the variable that is tested and measured, expected to change due to the independent variable.

Experimental Group

In research, a group of subjects exposed to the variable under study to determine its effects, contrasted with a control group.