NEET Biology question

The law of segregation of characters is also called the law of purity of gametes because

(A)Gametes have only one of the two alleles for each charactersCorrect
(B)Gametes cannot be contaminated
(C)Gametes are very different types of cells
(D)It was just another name adopted accidentally

Answer: (A)

Solution

The law of segregation states that the two alleles of each gene pair separate cleanly during gamete formation, so that every gamete carries only one, "pure," allele for each character rather than a

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