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Question
Explain Mendel’s law of independent inheritance. Give one example.
Solution
Mendel’s law of independent assortment states that
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When two pairs of traits are combined in a hybrid, one pair of character segregates independent of the other pair of character.
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In a dihybrid cross between two plants having round yellow (RRYY) and wrinkled green seeds (rryy), four types of gametes (RY, Ry, rY, ry) are produced. Each of these segregate independent of each other, each having a frequency of 25% of the total gametes produced.
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