What does Mendel's Law of Independent Assortment mean?

What does Mendel's statement, "members of one pair of factors (alleles) assort independently of members of another pair", signify (in simple terms)?

Answer 1

Hudson Ansley

Genes indepently inherit in next generations.

According to the independent assorment, the genes are not intermingled, but they indenpently inherit into the next generations.
The dihybrid cross yilded new combinations into the F2 generation, compared to their parental combinations. Thank you

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Answer 2

Natalie Ahrens

Mendel's Law of Independent Assortment states that during the formation of gametes, the alleles for one gene segregate independently of the alleles for other genes. This means that the inheritance of one trait is not dependent on the inheritance of another trait.

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