B. Crops are modified genetically as well
Answer:
1. Someone in the United States has a stroke every 40 seconds.
2. Every year, more than 795,000 people in the United States have a stroke.
3. In the year of 2018, 1 in every 6 deaths from cardiovascular disease was due to stroke.
Answer: The correct answer for the fill in the blank is- Law of independent assortment.
According to the Mendel's law of independent assortment, the allele ( alternative form of a gene that corresponds to a trait) pairs of different genes segregate independent of each other during the process of gamete formation. This means that different traits are transmitted independently from parents to their offspring.
Thus, Law of independent assortment is the right answer.
A and C both seem like valid answers.