Question

20. Mendel's law of segregation states that
A. if a parent has a dominant allele, its offspring will exhibit the dominant trait only.
B. traits tend to segregate, with multiple recessive traits often showing up in the same offspring.
C. genes are segregated independently of each other.
D. offspring receive one allele for each trait from each parent, and the allele from each parent is distributed randomly.

Answer 1

Answer:C

Explanation:Mendel's first law (also called the law of segregation ) states that during the formation of reproductive cells (gametes), pairs of hereditary factors (genes) for a specific trait separate so that offspring receive one factor from each parent.

Answer 2

Answer:

D

Explanation: