law of independent assortment vs. law of segregation

law of independent assortment vs. law of segregation: What's the difference?

Botanist Gregor Mendel’s law of independent assortment and his law of segregation both relate to gamete production in the inheritance of characteristics. The law of independent assortment states that individual hereditary factors distribute independently, giving different traits an equal opportunity of occurring together. The law of segregation states that the two copies of each hereditary factor separate so that offspring acquire one factor from each parent.

law of independent assortment

noun

Genetics.

the principle, originated by Gregor Mendel, stating that when two or more characteristics are inherited, individual hereditary factors assort independently during gamete production, giving different traits an equal opportunity of occurring together.

law of segregation

noun

Genetics.

the principle, originated by Gregor Mendel, stating that during the production of gametes the two copies of each hereditary factor segregate so that offspring acquire one factor from each parent.