MENDELISM


Meaning of MENDELISM in English

[ 'mɛnd(ə)lɪz(ə)m ]

■ noun Biology the theory of heredity based on the recurrence of characteristics transmitted as genes, as formulated by the 19th-century Moravian botanist Gregor Johann Mendel.

Derivatives

Mendelian adjective &noun

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