Question

Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu.

Offspring inherit genes from their parents, and these genes determine their physical characteristics.

According to the law of (blank), a heterozygous organism has about a (blank) chance of producing gametes with the recessive allele.

a:
1. segregation
2. genetics
3. assortment

b:
1. 25%
2. 50%
3. 75%

Answer 1

According to the Mendel law of independent assortment states that alleles of a trait are isolated when gametes are formed and these allele pairs are then randomly associated after fertilization. This was proved by Mendel by performing monohybrid crosses. According to this law the hetrozygous organism has 50% chance of producing the gametes with recessive alleles.