The process of independent assortment refers to

The process of Independent assortment refers to the orientation of homologous chromosomes during metaphase I

Independent assortment is a law, which is also known as Mendel's second law. It states that when two or more traits are inherited, different hereditary factors assort individually throughout gamete production, and this gives individual traits equal chance of occurring together.

hormones in blood stream

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endocrine glands secrete hormones into the blood stream near them; the hormones then travel in our bloodstream until it reaches its destination, called a target cell, in distance parts of the body. in the target tissue, hormones lock onto the target’s plasma membrane, called the receptor site.