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What is the result of crossing an organism showing homozygous dominant genotype with another showing homozygous recessive genotype?
Uniform F1 generation in genotype and phenotype
According to the law of segregation, how do alleles of each parent separate and pass on to offspring?
Only one allele of each parent passes on to an offspring
When does the segregation of alleles occur?
During Anaphase I of meiosis
What is the outcome according to the law of independent assortment?
New combinations of genes present in neither parent are possible
What is the principle behind Mendel's law of segregation?
Only one allele for each trait is passed from each parent to an offspring
What determines which allele in a parent's pair of alleles is inherited according to Mendel's law of segregation?
A matter of chance
What happens during the process of sex cell formation according to Mendel's law of segregation?
Only one allele passes from each parent on to an offspring
What does Mendel's principle of uniformity state about the F1 generation?
It will be uniform in genotype and phenotype.
According to Mendel, what kind of new gene combinations are possible according to the law of independent assortment?
New combinations of genes present in neither parent are possible.
Test your understanding of Mendel's laws and principles with this quiz. Explore topics such as the principle of uniformity and genotype-phenotype relationships.
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