Due to Mendel's law of segregation

Question

Responses
A homologous chromosomes pair up and cross over during prophase 1 of meiosishomologous chromosomes pair up and cross over during prophase 1 of meiosis
B alleles belonging to the same gene will never end up in the same gamete during mitosisalleles belonging to the same gene will never end up in the same gamete during mitosis
C alleles belonging to the same gene will never end up in the same gamete during meiosisalleles belonging to the same gene will never end up in the same gamete during meiosis
D genes located on non-homologous chromosomes sort independently of one another during the formation of gametes

Answer 1

The principle that best aligns with Mendel's law of segregation is:

C: alleles belonging to the same gene will never end up in the same gamete during meiosis.

Mendel's law of segregation states that during the formation of gametes (meiosis), the two alleles for a gene segregate (separate) from each other so that each gamete carries only one allele for each gene. This option correctly reflects that principle.

Options A and D refer to crossover and independent assortment, respectively, while option B incorrectly mentions mitosis instead of meiosis and is also misleading in the context of segregation.