Biologists use the term segregation to describe _____.
A) how dominant and recessive genes remain separated from one another over many generations
B) how gene pairs separate during meiosis and end up in different gametes
C) why mating a black horse and a white horse produces either black or white but never gray offspring
D) how, after fertilization, a gene from a sperm cell recombines with its pair from an egg
Answer: B) how gene pairs separate during meiosis and end up in different gametes
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