Question

Which of the following observations did Mendel make as a result of his experiments with dihybrid crosses?

Answer 1

The correct answer is: B) Different traits are inherited separately.

Mendel’s conclusions as a result of his experiments with dihybrid crosses are known as Mendel’s laws.

• Mendel’s law of Segregation: During the gametes formation (meiosis), alleles are separated so that each gamete carries only one allele for each gene

• Mendel’s law of Independent Assortment: The segregation of alleles of one gene is independent to that of any other gene

Mendel also defined the Principle of Dominance: Recessive alleles will be masked by dominant alleles when are together in heterozygous genotype.