mendel's law

Noun
  1. (genetics) one of two principles of heredity formulated by Gregor Mendel on the basis of his experiments with plants;
    The principles were limited and modified by subsequent genetic research (synset 105893040)
    referred to in: genetic science, genetics - the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
    is a type of: law, law of nature - a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
    subtypes:
    • law of segregation - members of a pair of homologous chromosomes separate during the formation of gametes and are distributed to different gametes so that every gamete receives only one member of the pair
    • law of independent assortment - each member of a pair of homologous chromosomes separates independently of the members of other pairs so the results are random

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