HyperDic: law_of_independent_assortment

English > 1 sense of the expression law of independent assortment:
NOUNcognitionlaw of independent assortmenteach member of a pair of homologous chromosomes separates independently of the members of other pairs so the results are random
English > law of independent assortment: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
MeaningEach member of a pair of homologous chromosomes separates independently of the members of other pairs so the results are random.
BroaderMendel's law(genetics) one of two principles of heredity formulated by Gregor Mendel on the basis of his experiments with plants

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