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Mendels law — Men·del’s law (mĕnʹdlz) n. 1. One of two principles of heredity first formulated by Gregor Mendel, founded on his experiments with pea plants and stating that the members of a pair of homologous chromosomes segregate during meiosis and are… … Universalium
law — 1. A principle or rule. 2. A statement of fact detailing a sequence or relation of phenomena that is invariable under given conditions. SEE ALSO: principle, rule, theorem. [A.S. lagu] Alexander l. states that a jerky nystagmus becomes worse when… … Medical dictionary
Infinite alleles model — The Japanese geneticist Motoo Kimura and American geneticist James F. Crow (1964) introduced the infinite alleles model , an attempt to determine for a finite diploid population what proportion of loci would be homozygous. This was, in part,… … Wikipedia
Mendel's laws — rules of inheritance based on the breeding experiments of the Austrian monk Gregor Mendel (1822 84), which showed that the inheritance of characteristics is controlled by particles now known as gene. In modern terms they are as follows. (1) Each… … Medical dictionary
Mendel’slaw — Men·del’s law (mĕnʹdlz) n. 1. One of two principles of heredity first formulated by Gregor Mendel, founded on his experiments with pea plants and stating that the members of a pair of homologous chromosomes segregate during meiosis and are… … Universalium
Mendel's Laws — Two laws summarizing Gregor Mendel s theory of inheritance. The Law of Segregation states that each hereditary characteristic is controlled by two factors (now called alleles), which segregate and pass into separate germ cells. The Law of… … Glossary of Biotechnology
Gregor Mendel — Gregor Johann Mendel Born … Wikipedia
Genetics — This article is about the general scientific term. For the scientific journal, see Genetics (journal). Part of a series on Genetics Key components Chromosome DNA • RNA Genome … Wikipedia
Genetic linkage — is the tendency of certain loci or alleles to be inherited together. Genetic loci that are physically close to one another on the same chromosome tend to stay together during meiosis, and are thus genetically linked. Contents 1 Background 2… … Wikipedia
heredity — /heuh red i tee/, n., pl. heredities. Biol. 1. the transmission of genetic characters from parents to offspring: it is dependent upon the segregation and recombination of genes during meiosis and fertilization and results in the genesis of a new… … Universalium
