1) Mendel's laws of segregation and independent assortment reflect the same laws of probability that govern coin tosses and dice rolls. 2) Calculating the probability of producing a particular gamete is analogous to calculating the probability of a coin toss, with a 50% chance either way. 3) The probability of outcomes from genetic crosses can be calculated using the rules of multiplication and addition, just as with probability calculations for coin tosses and other independent events.