Question

State Mendel’s Law of Independent Assortment. What is the molecular basis of this law (i.e., what happens inside the cell that gives rise to the law)?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Mendel's law of Independent assortment is one of the laws or principles of inheritance he proposed. It states that the alleles of a gene will get sorted into gametes independently of the alleles of another gene.

He came up with this principle when he performed a cross involving two genes called dihybrid cross. He has laid the foundation for this law in his law of segregation that a cell or gamete will contain only one form of gene (allele) for a particular trait. He further stated in his law of independent assortment that a gamete is equally likely to contain the dominant allele of one gene and either the dominant or recessive allele of another gene.

He was able to prove this law when he got a 9:3:3:1 phenotypic ratio for a dihybrid cross which is only possible if every allelic combination is represented in a gamete.