Step 1: Understanding the Concept:
Gregor Mendel proposed the laws of inheritance based on his experiments on pea plants.
Step 2: Detailed Explanation:
Mendel proposed three laws:
1. Law of Dominance
2. Law of Segregation
3. Law of Independent Assortment
Independent Assortment (A):
- Genes for different traits assort independently during gamete formation.
- Applicable when genes are on different chromosomes.
Other principles:
- Linkage of genes (B): Proposed by Morgan (genes on same chromosome stay together).
- Dominance (C): Part of Mendel's laws.
- Mutation (D): Proposed by Hugo de Vries.
Thus, Independent Assortment is Mendel's principle.
Step 3: Final Answer:
Thus, the principle of heredity proposed by Mendel is Independent Assortment.
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