Question

Explain how Mendel's law of segregation is simulated in the lab.

Answer 1

Law of segregation "During the formation of gamete, each gene separates from each other so that each gamete carries only one allele for each gene".

Law of segregation is the second law of inheritance. This law explains that the pair of alleles segregate from each other during meiosis cell division (gamete formation) so that only one allele will be present in each gamete.

In a monohybrid cross, both the alleles are expressed in the F2 generation without any blending. Thus, the law of segregation is based on the fact that each gamete contains only one allele.

This law is based on four basic concepts:

a .A gene exists in more than one form of an allele.

b. When gametes are produced by meiosis, the allelic pairs separate, leaving each gamete with a single allele.

c. Every organism inherits two alleles for each trait.

d. The two alleles of a pair are different, i.e., one is dominant and one is recessive

Answer 2

it is simulated by dropping a Popsicle stick and writing the letters on the side facing up in the egg/sperm columns of the chart because it shows that organisms inherit 2 alleles for each trait by chance