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Sati [7]
3 years ago
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Explain how independent assortment occurs in cells and explain its importance

Biology
2 answers:
Marina86 [1]3 years ago
6 0
Traits are passed from parents to offspring independently of one another. Independent assortment is random and occurs during Metaphase I of meiosis. There are two possible alignments for the chromosomes. Since the alignments are random and not assigned, genetic variation occurs.
Elenna [48]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

Independent Assortment is the second law of inheritance

Traits are passed from parents to offspring independently of one another.

Independent assortment is random and occurs during Metaphase I of meiosis.

There are two possible alignments for the chromosomes.

Since the alignments are random and not assigned, genetic variation occurs.

Explanation:

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