Question

According to Mendel's law of segregation, what takes place during meiosis?A.Pairs of alleles cross over on chromosomes, exchanging one for anotherb.Pairs of alleles separate in meiosis, and each gamete receives one allele of a pairc.Part of an allele is separated, or broken off, from its chromosomed.One chromosome is suppressed, and the other chromosome of the pair determines the traits of the offspring

Answer 1

Answer:

b. Pairs of alleles separate in meiosis, and each gamete receives one allele of a pair.

Explanation:

Gregor Mendel, who is referred to as the FATHER OF GENETICS because of his contribution to the principles of inheritance, proposed in one of his laws called LAW OF SEGREGATION that the alleles of a gene will separate into gametes in such a way that only one of the two alleles that make up a gene will be in each gamete.

This division/separation of alleles during gamete formation is called MEIOSIS. Note that, allele is one member of a gene. Hence, according to Mendel, in meiosis, pairs of alleles separate and each gamete receives one allele of a pair.