Because of mendel's law of independent assortment:

a. individuals with red hair are more likely to have freckles. b. skin color and hair texture tend to be inherited together. c. the alleles coding for one trait do not usually influence the inheritance pattern for another trait. d. we can deduce that genes cannot exist as free-floating entities within a cell but must be carried on chromosome. e. both a and b are correct.

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Emilee Hatfield

Biology

19 May, 14:26

Because of mendel's law of independent assortment:

a. individuals with red hair are more likely to have freckles. b. skin color and hair texture tend to be inherited together. c. the alleles coding for one trait do not usually influence the inheritance pattern for another trait. d. we can deduce that genes cannot exist as free-floating entities within a cell but must be carried on chromosome. e. both a and b are correct.

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Leah Travis · Answer 1

C. is correct.

A. This may seem accurate, it may even be empirically accurate, but it isn't because of independent assortment.

B. Same answer/reason as A.

C. Some alleles do influence multiple traits and inheritance patterns, however, * usually * they don't. This is the correct answer.

D. While this is true, it has nothing to do with the question of independent assortment.

E. Wrong because A and B are wrong.