Question

Work out a typical Mendelian dihybrid cross and state the law that he derived from it.

Explain dihybrid cross with suitable example

State and explain the "law of independent assortment" in a typical Mendelian dihybrid cross. 

Answer 1

Mendel derived ‘the law of independent assortment’ from a dihybrid cross. This law states that the two factors of each character assort or separate independently of the factors of the other characters at the time of gamete ormation and get randomly rearranged in the offspring producing both parental and new combinations of traits.