Question

in 1905 a group of geneticists continued mendels experiments with pea plants, conducting two - trait crosses that examined flower color and pollen shape. they crossed parent plants that were heterozygous for both traits in a dihybrid cross. they were surprised when the phenotypic ratio of the offspring did not follow the expected 9:3:3:1 ratio. the geneticists were able to account for this unexpected result when they considered the possibility that the genes might be on the same chromosome. this example of genetic linkage violates which of mendels laws?
neither law was violated. the law of independent assortment was violated.
both laws were violated. the law of segregation was violated.

Explanation:

Mendel's law of independent assortment states that alleles of different genes assort independently during gamete formation. When genes are linked (on the same chromosome), they do not assort independently. The law of segregation (which states that alleles separate during gamete formation) is not violated here as each gamete still gets one allele for each gene.

Answer:

The law of independent assortment was violated.