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Law of independent assortment

- This principle of heredity formulated by gregor mendel states that alleles for different traits are transmitted to offspring independently of one another.

- Mendel noticed that the height (tall or short), of the plant and the shape (round or wrinkled) of the seeds and the colour (green or yellow), of the pods had no impact on one another. This means that tall plants would not automatically mean that they had to have green pods, nor did green pods have to be filled only with wrinkled seeds. Therefore, different traits seem to be inherited independently.