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Mendel's law of independent assortment implies that

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  1. Aalleles segregate independent of one another during gamete formation.
  2. Btraits are encoded by independent genes.
  3. Calleles segregate independent of their location on the chromosome during gamete formation.
  4. Dtraits are always encoded by different chromosomes.

Correct answer

A. alleles segregate independent of one another during gamete formation.

Step-by-step solution

Mendel's law of independent assortment states that when two pairs of traits are combined in a hybrid, the segregation of one pair of characters is independent of the other pair of characters. This implies that the alleles of different genes segregate independently of one another during gamete formation. The allele a gamete receives for one gene does not influence the allele received for another gene. Answer: alleles segregate independent of one another during gamete formation.

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