Question

Independent assortment means:

Options

• Separation of parental characters.

• Segregation of parental characters.

• Recombination of Parental Characters.

• Non-separation of parental characters

Answer 1

Separation of parental characters.

Explanation:

Random combinations of chromosomes and genes on distinct pairs of homologous chromosomes are formed in meiosis by the passage of one of each diploid pair of homologous chromosomes into each gamete independently of the other pair according to the laws of probability.