Define Mendel's law of independent assortment.

A. There are two versions of each trait, a dominant and a recessive; the one you get is random.
B. The inheritance of one character has no effect on the inheritance of another character.
C. Segregation of homologous chromosomes is random.
D. The expression of one gene has no effect on the expression of another gene.


Answer: B

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