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Mendel studied inheritance of seven pairs of traits in pea which can have 21 possible combinations. If you are told that in one of these combinations. If you are told that in one of these combinations, independent assortment is not observed in later studies, your reaction will be

A

Independent assortment principle may be wrong

B

Mendel might not have studied all the combinations

C

It is impossible

D

Later sudies may be wrong.

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