LAW OF INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT


Meaning of LAW OF INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT in English

Genetics.

the principle, originated by Gregor Mendel, stating that when two or more characteristics are inherited, individual hereditary factors assort independently during gamete production, giving different traits an equal opportunity of occurring together. Also called Mendel's second law, Mendel's law .

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Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .