| NOUN | cognition | Mendel'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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| Meaning | (genetics) one of two principles of heredity formulated by Gregor Mendel on the basis of his experiments with plants; the principles were limited and modified by subsequent genetic research. | |
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| Category | genetics, genetic science | The branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms |
| Narrower | law of independent assortment | Each member of a pair of homologous chromosomes separates independently of the members of other pairs so the results are random |
| law of segregation | Members 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 | |
| Broader | law, law of nature | A generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature |
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