What is the premise underlying Mendel's principle of independent assortment?

A. Dominant traits are expressed when there is a heterozygous allele.
B. Hybrid parents can produce offspring with recessive traits.
C. Genotypes generate different, observable phenotypes.
D. Traits can recombine during reproduction to create variation.


Answer: D

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