Independent Assortment Of Two Genes

AaBb x AaBb:

    ¼AB ¼Ab ¼aB ¼ab
¼AB   AABB(1/16) ABAb(1/16) ABaB(1/16) ABab(1/16)
¼Ab AbAB(1/16) AbAb(1/16) AbaB(1/16) Abab(1/16)
¼aB aBAB(1/16) aBAb(1/16) aBaB(1/16) aBab(1/16)
¼ab abAB(1/16) abAb(1/16) abaB(1/16) abab(1/16)

If two events are independent, the joint probability of both events is obtained by multiplying the probability of each separate event.

P(A) = P(a) = ½ = P(B) = P(b)
P(AB) = P(A) X P(B) = ½ x ½ = ¼
        = P(Ab) = P(aB) = P(ab)

P(AB) = P(Ab) = P(aB) = P(ab) = ¼
P(AB + Ab +aB + ab)2 1/16 probability for each event