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Lostsunrise [7]
3 years ago
12

Independent assortment of chromosomes is a result of

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sdas [7]3 years ago
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The answer is A) the random and independent way in which each pair of homologous chromosomes lines up at the metaphase plate during meiosis I. 

The law of independent assortment is the second Mendel's law. In independent assortment the alleles for different traits are passed independently to the offspring. It occurs during meiosis I. When in metaphase of meiosis I the chromosomes line up, mother's chromosomes can be on one side, and father's chromosomes on the other side of the equator or they can be mixed in a number of ways.
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