law of independent assortment


nounGenetics.
  1. 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

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First recorded in 1940–45

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