Question

question 1/14 mendels law of segregation states that organisms inherit two alleles for each gene and that ______. (aks 7b) a each parent donates only recessive alleles to offspring. b each parent donates one allele of each gene to offspring. c each parent donates only dominant alleles to offspring. d each parent donates two alleles of each gene to offspring.

Explanation:

Mendel's law of segregation states that during gamete formation, the two alleles of a gene segregate so that each gamete (and thus each parent donates one allele per gene to offspring). Option A is incorrect as parents don't only donate recessive alleles. Option B is incorrect as parents don't only donate dominant alleles. Option D is incorrect as parents donate one, not two, alleles per gene to offspring (due to segregation in meiosis). Option C matches the law: each parent donates one allele of each gene to offspring.

Answer:

C. each parent donates one allele of each gene to offspring.