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question 35

Multiple Choice

Please use the following information to answer the question(s) below.
A man who is an achondroplastic dwarf with normal vision marries a color-blind woman of normal height. The man's father was 6 feet tall, and both the woman's parents were of average height. Achondroplastic dwarfism is autosomal dominant, and red-green color blindness is X-linked recessive.
-Which of the following statements describes one difference between the law of independent assortment and the law of segregation?

• A) The law of independent assortment explains the segregation of two or more genes relative to one another.
• B) The law of segregation explains the segregation of two or more genes relative to one another.
• C) The law of segregation requires having two or more generations to describe.
• D) The law of segregation is accounted for by anaphase of mitosis.

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