Part of a genetic counselor's job may be discussing with parents the probability of their child inheriting a recessive allele for genetic disease. The counselor may use a Punnett
square to illustrate the chances of a child inheriting this allele. What is this genetic
counselor illustrating when constructing a Punnett square to advise these parents?
A. Mendel's law of segregation
B. Mendel's law of independent assortment
C. How mutations can affect the genetic information
D. How certain traits are determined by more than one gene