The four gametes produced in meiosis are genetically different. Independent assortment and the random nature of fertilisation lead to variation in living organisms – no two organisms are the ...

Independent assortment of genes and their corresponding ... of homologous chromosomes is random. This means that all of the maternal chromosomes will not be separated into one cell, while the ...

A classic Mendelian example of independent assortment: the 9:3:3:1 phenotypic ratio associated with a dihybrid cross (BbEe × BbEe). Some Genes Are Transmitted to Offspring in Groups via the ...