Question

Which of Mendel's laws or principles explains that traits are passed from parents to offspring individually instead of as pairs, groups, or sets?
A. The Principle Dominance
B. the law of independent assortment
C. the law of segregation
D. the principle of genetics

Answer 1

The correct answer is:

The law of independent assortment

Explanation;

The Principle of Independent Assortment illustrates how different genes individually separate from one another when reproductive cells receive. Independent assortment of genes and their similar traits was first mentioned by Gregor Mendel in 1865 during his studies of genetics in pea plants. Declaring that when two or more characters are acquired, individual hereditary factors classify independently during gamete production, giving distinct traits an equal opportunity of befalling together.

Answer 2

The law of segregation is the Mendel’s laws or principles explain that traits are passed from parents to offspring individually instead of as pairs, groups or sets. So the correct option is option “C” as far as the given question is concerned. This is a law or principle which states that during the formation of gametes, two copies of each heredity factors separate out so that the new offspring can get one factor of both the parents. This law was the first law in this direction.