Mendel’s finding that the inheritance of one trait had no effect on the inheritance of another became known as the

The correct answer is- law of independent assortment

Explanation:

Law of independent assortment says that assortment of one gene pair is independent of assortment of other gene pair which means each contrasting gene pair bears no association with other pairs of contrasting character and behave and segregate independently.

This allows the combination of new characters in the offspring. So it helps in increasing the genetic variability in the gene pool. Therefore law of independent assortment tells that inheritance of one trait had no effect on the inheritance of another.

the correct answer is:

a population changes in response to a change in the environment.