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The Law of Independent
Assortment
Independent Assortment
The inheritance pattern of one trait will
not affect the inheritance pattern of
another
Independent assortment occurs during
meiosis
For a single human gamete, the possible
ways chromosomes may assort is
astounding:
223 = 8,388,608 possible combinations
Dihybrid Cross
In snapdragons, tallness (T) is dominant to dwarfness(t),
while red color is due to gene (R) and white to its
corresponding allele (r). The heterozygous condition
results in pink (Rr) flower color. A dwarf pink snapdragon
is crossed with a plant homozygous for tallness and red
flowers. Give the possible genotypes and corresponding
phenotypes for all of the possible F1 generation.
tr
tR
tr
TR TR
Gametes from
dwarf pink parent
Gametes from
TALL red parent
TR
TR
TR
tR
TtRR
TtRR
TtRR
TtRR
tr
TtRr
TtRr
TtRr
TtRr
tR
TtRR
TtRR
TtRR
TtRR
tr
TtRr
TtRr
TtRr
TtRr
TR
TtRR
TtRR
TtRR
TtRr
TtRr
TtRr
TtRr
TtRR
TtRR
TtRR
TtRR
TtRr
TtRr
TtRr
TtRr