Which of the following is the mechanism described by Mendel that results in a new combination of alleles in a pea plant seed?

a. separation of alleles for a single gene during meiosis
b. mutation of multiple alleles during mitosis
c. separation of alleles for two different genes during meiosis
d. mutation of multiple alleles during meiosis

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a. separation of alleles for a single gene during meiosis