Gregor Mendel was an Austrian monk who lived in the 1800s. Mendel is known as the "father of modern genetics" as a result of discovering two important laws—the law of segregation and the law of independent assortment.

The diagram shown below represents the law of segregation.

What is the law of segregation?
A.
Meiosis is a seven step process.
B.
Homologous chromosomes are paired in sex cells.
C.
Sister chromatids are separated into different gametes.
D.
Offspring inherit all of their traits from one parent.

C. Sister chromatids are separated into different gametes.