The fact that during gamete formation, the segregation of alleles for a gene on one chromosome does not influence the segregation of alleles for a gene on another chromosome is Mendel's law of Select one:

a. random fertilization.
b. crossing over.
c. population dynamics.
d. segregation.
e. independent assortment.


e. independent assortment.

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