Question

Law of independent assortment takes place when the genes are located on homologous chromosomes or non homologous chromosomes

Answer 1

Two situations are:

(i) When the genes of different traits are located on the same chromosome and must be distantly located to enhance the recombination frequency.

(ii) When the genes of different traits may be located on different chromosomes.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Mt Hood ... Genes that are located on separate, non-homologous chromosomes will always sort independently. ... Because the genes are aligned during recombination, the gene order is not altered. Instead, the result of recombination is that maternal and paternal alleles are combined onto the same chromosome.