While studying the outcomes of reproduction in –

, Gregor Mendel found that each individual carries –
copy/copies of the allele for each trait and that –
is/are passed on to each offspring. When studying the inheritance of two different traits, Mendel found that the patterns of inheritance of one trait –
the patterns of inheritance of another trait. This concept is now called –
.
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individuals, two, are passed on to, can influence, the law of independent assortment