Mendel's second law is the Law of Independent Assortment. According to that law and according to other facts that Mendel discovered, what statement or statements are true in the following list?

a. genes behave like fluids rather than like separate particles

b. genes behave like separate particles rather than like fluids

c. the alleles of the different genes separate independently of one another during meiosis

d. both a. and c. are correct

e. both b. and c. are correct

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Christopher Hampton

Biology

29 October, 13:24

Mendel's second law is the Law of Independent Assortment. According to that law and according to other facts that Mendel discovered, what statement or statements are true in the following list?

a. genes behave like fluids rather than like separate particles

b. genes behave like separate particles rather than like fluids

c. the alleles of the different genes separate independently of one another during meiosis

d. both a. and c. are correct

e. both b. and c. are correct

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Judah Adams · Answer 1

Option (c).

Explanation:

The Mendel's give the two most important laws to explain the transmission of the characters in the organism. Mendel is known as father of genetics and explained his work on the pea plant Pisum sativum.

The Mendel's law of independent assortment explains that in the combination of different genes the alleles of the genes separate or assort independently to one another during the meiosis process. The genes must be present on different chromosome to assort independently.

Thus, the correct answer is option (c).