Independent assortment refers to which of the following statements?
A) The pole that any one chromosome moves toward is completely independent of the movement of the other 45 chromosomes in humans.
B) The position where crossing over occurs is random.
C) The sperm that fertilizes the egg is selected at random.
D) A maternal chromosome may move toward either pole while the paternal homologue moves toward the other.
E) None of the choices is correct.
D
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