Consider this statement: Pea plants carry two copies of the gene for flower color but their gametes only have one copy. This statement is an application of Mendel's __________

a) Law of Independent Assortment.
b) idea that genes come in different versions.
c) concept of dominant and recessive alleles.
d) Law of Segregation.


Ans: d) Law of Segregation.

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