Question

In pea plants, tall (T) plants are dominant over short (t) plants. If a heterozygous (Tt) pea plant is crossed with a homozygous dominant (TT) pea plant, all of the resulting pea plants should be tall (TT or Tt). Each plant will receive a dominant allele from the homozygous dominant plant, while they could receive either a dominant or recessive allele from the heterozygous plant.
The fact that each plant gets only one allele from each parent plant is detailed in the law of _______.
A.
genetic inheritance
B.
multiple alleles
C.
independent assortment
D.
segregation

Answer 1

The fact that each plant gets only one allele from each parent plant is detailed in the law of law of segregation. Mendel found that each pair of alleles segregates independently of the other pairs of alleles during gamete formation. When sperm and egg unite at fertilization, each contributes its allele, restoring the paired condition in the offspring. The allele pairs separate or segregate during gamete formation, and randomly unite at fertilization.