The number of allele pairs that assort independently in an organism is generally much higher than the number of chromosome pairs. This phenomenon is due to 

A. independent assortment.
B. segregation.
C. crossing over.
D. sex-linkage.
E. chromosome inactivation.


C. crossing over.

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