The law of segregation states that

A) when two identical alleles come together, complete dominance occurs in terms of phenotype.
B) genes for different traits assort independently of each other during the formation of egg and sperm.
C) genes separate from each other during gamete formation so that each sperm and egg receive only one allele from each pair.
D) when different alleles for the same trait come together, one allele will be recessive to another.
E) different alleles for the same gene occupy unique loci on sister chromatids.


C

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