If Mendel based his data only on two traits, and the genes influencing those traits were linked and located close together on the same chromosome, which of his laws would he not have been able to resolve?
Comments: The law of segregation applies to traits influenced by single genes. The law of
Independent Assortment applies to two or more traits that are influenced by genes on
different chromosomes (or very far apart on the same chromosome.)
A. the law of segregation
B. the law of independent assortment
B
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