Half of the gametes produced by an organism with the genotype Aa will receive the A allele, while half will receive the a allele. What process produces such results?
A) independent assortment
B) mutation
C) random fertilization
D) segregation

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Segregation occurs during meiosis, where the two alleles for a gene separate and end up in separate gametes. In the case of an Aa genotype, half of the resulting gametes will receive the A allele and half will receive the a allele due to segregation. Independent assortment refers to the random arrangement of chromosomes during metaphase I of meiosis, random fertilization refers to the chance fusion of two gametes during fertilization, and mutation refers to a change in DNA sequence that can alter the alleles present.

Half of the Gametes Produced by an Organism with the Genotype