Question

Describe how Mendel's two laws are illustrated by the movement of chromosomes in meiosis. Drag the terms on the left to the appropriate blanks on the right to complete the sentences. Not all terms will be used.

a. metaphase I
b. anaphase I
c. in seperate gametes
d. meiosis II
e. in one gamete
f. law of Segregation
g. depend on
h. independent of
i. law of Independent Assortment
j. meiosis I
1. _____is illustrated by the behavior of two pairs of homologs during_____. The alignment of one homologous pair is_____the alignment of other pairs. 2. _____is illustrated in_____when homologs separate. Alternate alleles of a gene found on homologs segregate from each other and end up_____.

Answer 1

1. law of Independent Assortment; metaphase I; independent of.

2. law of Segregation; meiosis I; in separate gametes.

Step-by-step explanation:

Between 1856 and 1863, Gregor Mendel developed a series of mating experiments using pea plants, which enabled the discovery of some basic principles of inheritance. These principles/laws are stated as:

1) Law of segregation: this principle states that the inheritance pattern of phenotypic traits is characterized by the presence of a gene pair and each gamete carries only one allele for each gene pair so offspring inherit one gene variant (allele) from each parent

2) Law of independent assortment: this principle states that the genes responsible for the inheritance pattern of different traits are independently sorted from one another and thereby different traits are independent one from another.

3) Law of dominance: this principle states that the dominant allele will always be expressed in heterozygous individuals (this law is only applicable in cases of complete dominance).