A seed has alleles for color (yellow or green) and shape (round or wrinkled). How did Mendel's law of independent assortment describe how these traits were passed from parents to offspring. Check all that apply. a)Each trait is passed independently of the other. B)Alleles are combined before they are passed to offspring.

Mendel gave three laws in which the law of independent assortment states that the alleles of two distinct genes get sorted in the progenies independently and without affecting the expression of each other.

Each trait is passed independently of the other.

How is the shape and colour of pea plants assorted?

According to the laws of genetics and Mendel, the genes having allele for one trait does not affect the inheritance of the gene with the distinct trait and gets passed to the progenies independently of each other.

In the question given the seed shape like round or wrinkled gets inherited to the offspring without getting influenced from the trait of seed colour that is yellow and green.

Therefore, option A is correct.

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