Mendel’s Laws of Inheritance
Law #1: ___________________________________________________________________
During meiosis, the two members of all
pairs of alleles ______________ (separate)
unchanged and are passed into different
__________ (egg or sperm) which are
passed onto the _________________.
Meiosis
Gametes
In the diagram to the left:
1. State the genotype for the oocyte
(adult organism)
2. State the genotype of the four
gametes
3. State how many different kinds of
gametes can be produced by this
oocyte
Law #2: _____________________________________________________________________
Allele pairs separate _____________ during
gamete formation (__________). Traits are
passed on to ____________ independently
of one another in genes that are not linked.
In the diagram to the left:
4. List 2 the possible combinations for
the gametes shown in the diagram
Meiosis
5. List another possible combination for
the gametes that is not shown in the
diagram
6. State how many different kinds of
gametes can be produced by this
oocyte
Gametes