Mendelian

[men-dee-lee-uhn, -deel-yuhn]

adjective

1. of or relating to Gregor Mendel or to his laws of heredity.

noun

1. a follower of Gregor Mendel; a person who accepts Mendelism.

Mendelian

/ mɛnˈdiːlɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Mendel's laws

Other Word Forms

• non-Mendelian adjective
• post-Mendelian adjective
• pre-Mendelian adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Mendelian¹

First recorded in 1900–05; Mendel + -ian

Example Sentences

To understand how restless leg syndrome might affect overall health, the researchers used a technique called Mendelian randomisation.

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By applying Mendelian randomization, a powerful causal inference method, the researchers identified 33 out of 913 metabolites studied present in the blood that were associated with bipolar disorder, most of them lipids.

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Diagnosing rare Mendelian disorders is a labor-intensive task, even for experienced geneticists.

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The investigators used a statistical method called Mendelian Randomization to see how genes that are associated with a certain trait affect other traits of interest.

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They’ve created genetically modified females or males whose odds of spreading a gene to their offspring are significantly higher than 50%—the typical Mendelian chance that a descendant will inherit a particular gene variant.

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