Question

chapter 7: patterns of inheritance: dog days of science page(s) 136 - 137 7.3. illustrate mendels laws of segregation and independent assortment. which of the following statements best describes the law of segregation? the law of segregation required mendel to investigate inheritance of two traits. the law of segregation describes how most traits in humans are inherited. the law of segregation describes how offspring inherit one allele from each parent. the law of segregation describes events in all cell divisions.

Explanation:

Mendel's law of segregation states that during the formation of gametes, the two alleles for each trait separate so that offspring inherit one allele from each parent. The other statements are incorrect as the law of segregation is about a single - trait inheritance (not two traits), it doesn't specifically describe human trait inheritance only, and it pertains to meiosis (not all cell divisions).

Answer:

The law of segregation describes how offspring inherit one allele from each parent.