According to the principle of independent assortment there is a __________chance that any tall pea plant will produce either yellow or green peas.
A) 0 percent
B) 25 percent
C) 50 percent
D) 75 percent
E) 100 percent

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The principle of independent assortment states that the segregation of one pair of alleles is independent of the segregation of other pairs of alleles during gamete formation. In this case, the genes for plant height and pea color are on different chromosomes and therefore segregate independently. This means that there is a 50/50 chance (or 50 percent chance) that any tall pea plant will produce either yellow or green peas, regardless of whether the parent plant had all yellow, all green, or a combination of the two.

According to the Principle of Independent Assortment There Is a __________Chance