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Gregor Mendel proposed laws to determine how alleles from sex cells created during meiosis could be combined. Which of these laws is BEST shown in the diagram, and why?

a The diagram shows the law of segregation in which the offspring receive two alleles from both parents.

Ob The diagram shows the law of segregation in which one allele is passed from each parent to the offspring.

The diagram shows the law of independent assortment in which the offspring receive two alleles from each parent.

Od The diagram shows the law of independent assortment in which one allele is passed from each parent to the offspring.

The BEST law shown in the diagram is the law of segregation in which one allele is passed from each parent to the offspring. This is because each parent donates only one of their alleles during meiosis, leading to the combination of alleles in the offspring as shown in the diagram. The law of independent assortment, on the other hand, deals with the inheritance of different genes independently of each other, which is not explicitly shown in the diagram.