Question

which statement best describes the law of independent assortment?
a. parental traits are completely independent from offspring traits.
b. the alleles for a trait combine during gamete formation.
c. offspring inherit two alleles from each parent, but only one is expressed.
d. a parents alleles are distributed among offspring independently of one another.

Explanation:

Mendel's law of independent assortment states that the alleles of different genes assort independently of one another during gamete formation. This means that the inheritance of one trait does not influence the inheritance of another trait.

Answer:

D. A parent's alleles are distributed among offspring independently of one another.