law of independent assortment
nounGenetics.
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.
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Origin of law of independent assortment
1First recorded in 1940–45
- Also called Mendel's second law, Mendel's law.
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law of independent assortment
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