Part a. when genes lie near each other on the same chromosome, they do not follow mendel's law of independent assortment. what would you predict about the inheritance of two such genes? a. some offspring will have an extra chromosome, some will have a missing chromosome. b. offspring will receive two alleles for each of the two genes from each parent, for a total of eight alleles in all. c. offspring will inherit the same two alleles that were passed down together from a grandparent. d. only one of the two genes will be passed down to offspring. part b. genes h, t, and q lie close to each other on the same chromosome, so that independent assortment does not occur. a mother has alleles h t q on one chromosome and alleles h t q on the other chromosome. the father is homozygous for h t q. what are possible offspring genotype(s)? a. hh tt qqb. hh tt qqc. hh tt qqd. hh tt qqe. hh tt qq