Notes:LawofIndependentAssortment(PunnettSquareswithTwoTraits)
Name:
BELLWORK:
Mendel’snextexperiment:
Mendelcrossestwopeaplantsthatareheterozygous
forround,yellowseeds.
1. Howisthisinvestigationdifferentfromhis
previousinvestigations?
2. Whatfractionoftheoffspringwillhave
wrinkled,greenseeds.
Date:
Period:
LawofIndependentAssortment
MomPeaPlantKaryotype:
• • Example:
Closing:
• Thelawsofsegregation&independentassortmenthelptoexplainwhythereisMORE/LESS
varietyineachgenerationofoffspring.Explain.
• Challenge:DotheselawsapplytoorganismsthatdoNOTreproducesexually?Whyorwhynot?