Plz explain what do the following Mendel's laws state -

Purity of Gametes (Law of Segregation)

and

Law of Independent Assortment.

Law of Segregation

1. This law states that the two alleles of a pair segregate or separate during gamete formation such that a gamete receives only one of the two factors.

2. In homozygous parents, all gametes produced are similar; while in heterozygous parents, two kinds of gametes are produced in equal proportions.

Law of independent Assortment

1. When two pairs of traits are combined in a hybrid, one pair of character segregates independent of the other pair of character.

2. In a dihybrid cross between two plants having round yellow (RRYY) and wrinkled green seeds (rryy), four types of gametes (RY, Ry, rY, ry) are produced. Each of these segregate independent of each other, each having a frequency of 25% of the total gametes produced.

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