Question

==== Genetics ======

Explain what "independent assortment" means and then add a sketch to support your explanation.

Answer 1

Independent assortment is a law postulated by Mendel.

The law states that: When two independent events occur simultaneously, the combined probability of the two outcomes is equal to the product of their individual probabilitiesof occurence.

Explanation for the law:

Consider a dihybrid/trihydrib cross, in which 2 or 3 genes are being studied, respectively. These genes are segregating independently of each other. i.e. one gene character does not affect the character/ trait governed by another gene.

consider a dihybrid cross of peas for 2genes : Round/wrinkled shape and yellow/green color of peas are two independent genes.

when the following fork lined method is seen we can identify that the wrinkled/round is independently assorting from the yellow/green gene.