law of independent assortment
noun Genetics.
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.
Also called
Mendel's second law,
Mendel's law.
Origin of law of independent assortment
First recorded in 1940–45
Words nearby law of independent assortment
law of excluded middle,
law of exponents,
law of gravitation,
law of heart,
law of identity,
law of independent assortment,
law of inertia,
law of inverse square,
law of large numbers,
law of mass action,
law of moses
Medical definitions for law of in dependent assortment
law of independent assortment
n.
Mendel's law
Scientific definitions for law of in dependent assortment
law of independent assortment
See under Mendel's law.