Question

which of mendels laws or principles explains that traits are passed from parents to offspring individually instead of as pairs, groups, or sets?
○ the principle of dominance
○ the law of independent assortment
○ the law of segregation
○ the principle of genetics

Explanation:

1. Analyze each option:

• The principle of dominance explains the expression of dominant and recessive traits in a heterozygous condition, not about the individual passing of traits.
• The law of independent assortment states that alleles of different genes assort independently during gamete formation, which means traits are passed individually (not as pairs/groups) as different gene traits are inherited independently.
• The law of segregation is about the separation of allele pairs during gamete formation, focusing on a single gene's alleles, not the independent passing of different traits.
• "The principle of genetics" is not a specific Mendelian law/ principle that explains this.

1. Based on the above analysis, the law of independent assortment matches the description of traits being passed individually.

Answer:

B. the law of independent assortment