Biology / Unit 5 Bio 1055 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Law of Independent Assortment
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The idea
Mendel's law of independent assortment holds that alleles at one locus sort into gametes independently of alleles at another, on different chromosomes or far apart on one.
In practice
A dihybrid YyRr plant produces YR, Yr, yR, and yr gametes, color sorting independently of texture.
Where people slip
This law holds on different chromosomes or far apart on one — Bio 1067 covers loci close together instead.
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