gregor mendel

Question 1

what are mendels 3 laws?

Answer 1

• law of segregation
• law of independent assortment
• law of dominance

Question 2

what is the law of segregation?

Answer 2

• during the formation of gametes chromosome pairs are separated
• parent alleles separate and one allele from each parent passes to their offspring

Question 3

what is the law of independent assortment?

Answer 3

• alleles on a pair of chromosomes are allocated to gametes randomly
• inheritance of one characteristic will have no effect on the inheritance of another
• different pairs of alleles are passed to offspring independently

Question 4

what is the law of dominance?

Answer 4

• some alleles are dominant to others
• dominant alleles are expressed over recessive alleles as the phenotype depends on the dominant alleles