Question

When Gregor Mendel was working in the mid 1800s, scientists had not yet discovered chromosomes or meiosis. However, we now understand that Mendel's principles are rooted in the events of meiosis. State Mendel's principle of segregation and explain how it relates to meiosis. //make the response 4-5lines

Answer 1

Mendel's Principle

• states that during gamete formation the alleles for each gene separate so that the gamete only carries one allele from a maternal or paternal gene.
• This principle takes place during meiosis, where homologous chromosomes separate during meiosis I.
• Meiosis involves the reduction of chromosome number and the random assortment of chromosomes during the first division
• the observations made by Mendel align with the phenomena of segregation and random assortment of alleles during meiosis