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Meaning: (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 Classified under: Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents Hypernyms ("Mendel's law" is a kind of...): law; law of nature (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature) Domain category: genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Mendel's law"): 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) "Making a rod for your own back." (English proverb) "One could not cross a bridge constructed by oneself." (Bhutanese proverb) "Whoever works, he will eat." (Armenian proverb) "Life is just as long as the time it takes for someone to pass by a window." (Corsican proverb) Useful links: Meaning of law of independent assortment Pronunciation of genetic science Meaning of genetics Pronunciation of law Meaning of law of segregation
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