law of independent assortment

• Principio fundamental de la genética según el cual los alelos de distintos genes se distribuyen de forma independiente durante la formación de los gametos, de modo que la herencia de un carácter no influye en la de otro.

A fundamental principle in genetics stating that alleles for different traits are distributed independently of one another during the formation of gametes, meaning the inheritance of one trait does not affect the inheritance of another.

1. Mendelian genetics principleC2formal

   A fundamental principle of genetics stating that alleles of different genes segregate independently of one another during the formation of gametes.

   Ley de la segregación independiente

   • Mendel's law of independent assortment explains why pea plants can have yellow round or green wrinkled seeds.
   • The law of independent assortment applies only to genes located on different chromosomes.
   • When studying dihybrid crosses, the law of independent assortment predicts a 9:3:3:1 phenotypic ratio.