Mendels Principles

Question 1

What is the principal of dominance?

Answer 1

An organism with at least one dominant allele for a particular form of a trait will exhibit that form of a trait, an organism with a recessive allele for a particular form of a trait

Question 2

What is the principle of segregation?

Answer 2

During gamete formation (meiosis) the alleles for each gene segregate from one another, this means gamete only carry one allele for each gene

Question 3

What is independent assortment?

Answer 3

Genes are inherited independently from one another