What is the significance of the Law of Segregation in plant genetics?
Correct Answer: The Law of Segregation is important because it explains how traits are inherited from parents to offspring.
- Step 1: Understand that alleles are different forms of a gene that determine traits in plants.
- Step 2: Know that each plant has two alleles for each trait, one from each parent.
- Step 3: Learn that during the formation of gametes (sperm and egg cells), these two alleles separate or 'segregate' from each other.
- Step 4: Realize that this means each gamete will only carry one allele for each trait.
- Step 5: Understand that when fertilization occurs, the offspring will receive one allele from each parent, resulting in a combination of traits.
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