Mendel's Law of Segregation

Mendel’s Law of Segregation

Gregor Mendel, through his pioneering experiments with pea plants, formulated the Law of Segregation. This law states that during the formation of gametes (sperm and egg cells), the two alleles for a trait separate, so each gamete carries only one allele for each gene. This law explains how offs...

The law of Segregation explains how traits are passed from one generation to the next.

Mendel crossed tall and short homozygous plants to study inheritance. All F₁ offspring were tall.

When F₁ plants self-pollinated, the F₂ generation produced both tall and short plants.

Mendel reasoned that the...