6. Mendel's law of independent assortment states that
(A) chromosomes sort independently of each other during mitosis and meiosis.
(B) independent sorting of genes produces polyploid plants under some circumstances.
(C) the allele that a gamete receives for one gene does not influence the allele the gamete receives for another gene.
(D) genes are sorted concurrently during gamete formation.
(E) genes are transmitted to progeny.