Question

mendels law of independent assortment arose from his experimental observations that
the traits expressed by the female parent organism are inherited separately from the traits expressed by the m
parent organism.
alleles of one specific gene are inherited separately from alleles of other genes.
alleles from two different genes are inherited together if they influence the same trait in an organism.
dominant traits in an organism are inherited differently from recessive traits in an organism.
offspring receive one allele of a gene from from each parent organism.

Explanation:

Mendel's law of independent assortment states that alleles of different genes assort independently during gamete formation. This means that the inheritance of one gene's alleles is not influenced by the inheritance of another gene's alleles. Option B correctly captures this concept. Option A is incorrect as it refers to parental traits rather than gene alleles. Option C is wrong because alleles from different genes assort independently, not necessarily together even if they influence the same trait. Option D is about dominant and recessive traits inheritance differences, which is not the focus of independent assortment. Option E describes Mendel's law of segregation (each parent contributes one allele per gene to offspring), not independent assortment.

Answer:

B. alleles of one specific gene are inherited separately from alleles of other genes.