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The law that states that each pair of chromosomes separates on its own in meiosis is called the _______. law of Punnett squares

law of independent assortment

law of hybrid crosses

law of segregation

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The correct Answer would be A Law of independent assortment
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The right answer is law of segregation

Mendel derives from his observations two fundamental principles, to which will be added later a third resulting. In his case, experiments on peas enabled Mendel to formulate the principles involved in heredity.

Mendel discovers that:

* A character can present two different forms (today called alleles or homologous genes).

* An organism inherits two factors for each trait (Mendel's hereditary factors are now called "genes").

* The dominant factor masks the recessive factor. Mendel noted the dominant factor using a capital letter and the other, the recessive, using the same letter but in lower case .

* The two factors separate during gamete formation (Segregation law that corresponds to the separation of homologous chromosome pairs during meiosis) .

* The pairs of factors separate independently of each other (independent segregation law that corresponds to the independent assortment of chromosome pairs homologous to metaphase 1 of the first meiotic division).

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