Multiple choice

The concept that different pairs of alleles are passed to progenies autonomously describes Mendel's principle of

  1. independent assortment

  2. segregation

  3. unit inheritance

  4. dominance

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Explanation

This is a definition of principle of independent assortment. Stated in other words, the genes that determine a trait assort independently of the genes for other traits. As a result, new combinations of genes, present in neither parent, are possible.