Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology Plus Mastering Biology with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (11th Edition)
Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology Plus Mastering Biology with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (11th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780133910605
Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
Publisher: PEARSON
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Mendel’s law of independent assortment states that “when two or more pairs of contrasting characters are brought together in a gamete, the allele responsible for different pairs segregate independently from each other during gametogenesis”.

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