Define Mendel's law of independent assortment. Group of answer choices The expression of one gene has no effect on the expression of another gene. There are two versions of each trait, a dominant and a recessive; the one you get is random. Segregation of homologous chromosomes is random. The inheritance of one character has no effect on the inheritance of another character.

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Define Mendel's law of independent assortment. Group of answer choices The expression of one gene has no effect on the expression of another gene. There are two versions of each trait, a dominant and a recessive; the one you get is random. Segregation of homologous chromosomes is random. The inheritance of one character has no effect on the inheritance of another character.

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Lauryn Mercer · Answer 1

The inheritance of one character has no effect on the inheritance of another character.

Explanation:

Gregor Mendel's law of independent assortment described the inheritance of genes as being an independent events. That is, genes coding for separate characters are inherited independently of one another.

As such, hair colour, eye colour and colour of the skin in a particular organism are coded for by separate alleles and their inheritance is an independent event. They do not interfere with one another.