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Which statement best describes Mendel’s Law of  dominance? 

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a

Genetic factors are not paired, but rather occur singularly, determining traits independently without any dominant or recessive interactions.

b

Traits are controlled by discrete units called factors that exist in pairs and in each pair, one factor is dominant and masks the expression of the other factor. 

c

Every trait is controlled by a single factor, and both alleles are equally expressed in the phenotype.

d

All genetic factors have equal chances of being expressed, and no single trait can dominate over another in the phenotype. 

answer is B.

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Law of Dominance :The law of dominance is used to explain the expression of only one of the parental characters in a monohybrid cross in the F1 and the expression of both in the F2 . It also explains the proportion of 3:1 obtained at the F2 .

(i) Characters are controlled by discrete units called factors. 

(ii) Factors occur in pairs. 

(iii) In a dissimilar pair of factors one member of the pair dominates (dominant) the other (recessive). 

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Which statement best describes Mendel’s Law of  dominance?