Answer to Question #203507 in Genetics for Sam

Question

apply and use Mendel’s laws of independent assortment and segregation to analyse the results of the genetic crosses, and explicitly state conclusions.

Answer 1

The law of segregation states that the two alleles of a single trait will separate randomly, meaning that there is a 50% either allele will end up in either gamete. The law of independent assortment states that the allele of one gene separates independently of an allele of another gene.