law of independent segregation (assortment) Flashcards
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explain the law of independent segregation
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alleles of 2 or more different genes get sorted into gametes indepedently of one another
this means the allele a gamete receives for one gene does not influence the allele received for another gene
homologous chromosomes are separated indepedently in meiosis 1 into different daughter cells
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