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Assortment

in genetics, the relationship between nonallelic genetic traits that are transmitted from parent to child more or less independently in accordance with the degree of linkage between the respective loci.


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Genetics with Mitosis and Meiosis

Actually, I'm only certain that the DNA is replicated during interphase, not necessarily S-phase. Interphase = G1 + S + G2 The law of independent assortment wouldn't apply to mitosis because the alleles aren't be separated (see above).

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by wildfunguy
Mon Feb 04, 2013 12:06 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Genetics with Mitosis and Meiosis
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Genetics with Mitosis and Meiosis

... given that there is no crossing over in this organism and that the two genes involved asoort independently. 2. State Mendels law of independent assortment and explain why it applies to meiotic cell division but NOT apply to mitotic cell division . I also have to refer to the diagram that would ...

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by 1fh2
Tue Jan 29, 2013 1:23 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Genetics with Mitosis and Meiosis
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Re: Mendel's law of independent assortment

It doesn't.

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by Cat
Sat Nov 24, 2012 4:28 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Mendel's law of independent assortment
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Mendel's law of independent assortment

How does mendel's law of independent assortment relate to crossing over and genetic linkage

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by tatia
Thu Nov 22, 2012 4:41 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Mendel's law of independent assortment
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Re:

... the other, they could be combined to form an AB individual. Let's presume they are on different chromosomes. I understand that independent assortment could lead to them both being inherited by it's offspring, but then they can easily be re-separated by independent assortment.

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by SheffJoe
Mon May 14, 2012 8:09 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Combination of advantageous mutation
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