Explain the implications of Medel's law of segregation as it applies to the distribution of alleles in...?

Question

gametes?

Answer 1

The law of segregation is applicable if alleles are in different chromosomes, that is, one allele in maternal homologous chromosome and one in paternal homologous chromosome. This implies that they get separated in meiosis to different gametes.

Answer 2

When gametes are produced, allele pairs separate or segregate leaving them with a single allele for each trait. This means that gametes contain only half the genes. When gametes join during fertilization the resulting offspring contain two sets of alleles, one allele from each parent.

This means that each gamete will contain only one allele for each gene. This allows the maternal and paternal alleles to be combined in the offspring, ensuring variation.