1.2.3.3 - Law of Independent Assortment
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What does the Law of Independent Assortment state?
💡 Hint: Think about how different traits can appear in offspring.
Give an example of two traits that assort independently.
💡 Hint: Consider traits you know from plants or animals.
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What does the Law of Independent Assortment state?
💡 Hint: Think about inheritance patterns.
True or False: The Law of Independent Assortment applies only to genes on the same chromosome.
💡 Hint: Consider chromosome location.
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If two true-breeding plants are crossed, one with round yellow seeds (RRYY) and one with wrinkled green seeds (rryy), what will be the genotypic ratio of the offspring?
💡 Hint: Focus on the combinations possible through Mendelian genetics.
A dihybrid cross of two heterozygous parents (RrYy) can yield multiple phenotype combinations in their offspring. How would you calculate the expected ratios?
💡 Hint: Consider how to fill in the Punnett square based on each parent’s alleles.
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