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Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): According to Mendel's law of independent assortment, the inheritance of one character is always independent of the inheritance of another character across all genetic crosses. Reason (R): The physical basis of independent assortment is the random alignment of homologous chromosome pairs at the meta

Options

  1. ABoth (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
  2. BBoth (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
  3. C(A) is correct but (R) is not correct
  4. D(A) is not correct but (R) is correct

Correct answer

D. (A) is not correct but (R) is correct

Step-by-step solution

Assertion (A) states that the inheritance of one character is always independent of the inheritance of another character across all genetic crosses. This is incorrect because Mendel's law of independent assortment holds true only for genes located on different chromosomes or far apart on the same chromosome. Genes located close together on the same chromosome are linked and tend to be inherited together, violating the law of independent assortment. Reason (R) states that the physical basis of independent assortment

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