The Principle of Independent Assortment States That

Multiple Choice

The principle of independent assortment states that

A) one allele is always dominant to another.
B) hereditary units from the male and female parents are blended in the offspring.
C) the two hereditary units that influence a certain trait segregate during gamete formation.
D) each hereditary unit on one chromosome is inherited separately from hereditary units on other chromosomes.
E) genes on the same chromosome travel separately.