By itself, independent assortment of chromosomes increases the likelihood that individual daughter cells have

-chromosomes obtained from obtained from either maternal cells or paternal cells.

Explanation:

In the Chromosome Theory of Inheritance, the inheritance of genes om chromosomes is described through several phenomena. These are the Independent assortment, Law of Segregation, Linkage and Dominance.

In independent assortment, the alleles of genes are passed on by themselves, i. e. independently of each other.