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law of independent assortment

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noun

Genetics.

  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.

law of independent assortment Scientific  

  1. See under Mendel's law

Etymology

Origin of law of independent assortment

First recorded in 1940–45

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