What is the law of independent assortment?   alleles of 2 different genes get sorted into gametes independently of one another.   segregation of gametes during meiosis occurs independently of parental origin. gametes act independently of their allele composition during meiosis. paired alleles segregate dueing the formation of gametes.

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Problem 1CT: One gene has alleles A and a. Another has alleles B and b. For each genotype listed, what type(s) of...
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What is the law of independent assortment?

 

alleles of 2 different genes get sorted into gametes independently of one another.

 

segregation of gametes during meiosis occurs independently of parental origin.

gametes act independently of their allele composition during meiosis.

paired alleles segregate dueing the formation of gametes.

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