Mendel’s Laws Of Inheritence Flashcards

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List the three laws of inheritance

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  1. Law of Segregation
  2. Law of Independent Assortment
  3. Law of dominance
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Explain the Law of Segregation

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During the formation of gametes, chromosome pairs are separated.

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Explain the Law of Independent Assortment

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Alleles on pairs of chromosomes are allocated to gametes randomly.

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Explain the Law of Dominance

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Some alleles are dominant to others. Dominant alleles will be expressed over recessive alleles as the phenotype depends on the presence of dominant alleles.

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