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assortment (ә-sort´mәnt)   the random distribution of different combinations of the parental chromosomes to the gametes, each gamete thus containing one chromosome of each homologous pair, but randomly receiving the maternal versus paternal homologue for any pair.
 

independent assortment  the independent behavior of alleles of different, unlinked genes in gametogenesis, a consequence of the random distribution of the chromosomal homologues.
  assortment.





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