What are mendels laws of independent assortment and law of segregation?
Mendels law of segregation states that the two alleles for a character separate (or segregate, hence the name) during the formation of gametes (sex cells) , so that each gamete only carries one allele for each character. So if an organism had a characteristic R and the alleles it had for that character were Rr, the allele R would end up in a different gamete from r. Mendels law of independant assortment states that during gamete formation in an F2 cross, a particular allele for one character can be paired with either allele of another character. An example would be a cross between two plants with two characters, R and Y. If their genotypes are RRYY and rryy, R can be paired with Y or y and r can be paired with Y or y.
