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Title: Under what circumstances would allele pairs violate Mendel's Law of Segregation?
Post by: fernandoSD on Jun 13, 2013
definition of Mendel's Law of Segregation: allele pairs segregate during Meiosis I and the paired condition is restored by the random fusion of gametes during fertilization


Title: Under what circumstances would allele pairs violate Mendel's Law of Segregation?
Post by: Budwoods on Jun 13, 2013
Well, nondisjunction springs to mind. There are two opportunities for that to happen in meiosis, and certainly it does happen - look at wheat, for example (or any other cereal grain, really).

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