What is Mendelism? Explain the law of independent assortment in detail.

The three ‘laws of inheritance’ such as the law of dominance, the law of segregation and law of independent assortment are known as Mendelism.

● Law of independent assortment can explain by a dihybrid cross. In a dihybrid cross, two plants having two or more contrasting characters such as characters for example height of a plant and shape of a seed, are crossed then inheritance of one character is unaffected by inheritance of another character.

● In F₂ generation formation of plants like dwarf plant with yellow seed and tall plants with green seeds, show an independent assortment of characters.

● Example: let’s observe the cross between a tall plant with round seeds (TTYY) and a dwarf plant with wrinkled seeds (ttyy). Tall plant with round seed is dominant characters.

Four types of plants are appeared in the F₂ generation