HyperDic: law_of_segregation

English > 1 sense of the expression law of segregation:
NOUNcognitionlaw of segregationmembers of a pair of homologous chromosomes separate during the formation of gametes and are distributed to different gametes so that every gamete receives only one member of the pair
English > law of segregation: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
MeaningMembers of a pair of homologous chromosomes separate during the formation of gametes and are distributed to different gametes so that every gamete receives only one member of the pair.
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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