Question

The fundamental Mendelian process which involves the separation of contrasting genetic elements at the same locus would be called ___.1.segregation2.independent assortment3.continuous variation4.discontinuous variation5.dominance or recessiveness

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Segregation

Explanation:

Gregor Mendel, who was an European Monk conducted several experiments whose discoveries formed the basis of understanding inheritance. According to Mendel, parents pass on heritable factors in form of genes to their offsprings and each parent transfers two forms of gene called ALLELE to their offsprings. This allele is the variant form of a gene for a particular trait at a particular locus.

Mendel proposed principles that governs this inheritance and one of them is the LAW OF SEGREGATION, which says that an allele will be randomly distributed or separated into gametes during meiosis or gamete formation i.e. each gamete will possess one form of a gene (allele) for a particular trait.