Mendelian inheritance


Mendelian inheritance

noun

Definition of MENDELIAN INHERITANCE

: inheritance of characters specifically transmitted by genes in accord with Mendel's laws —called also particulate inheritance

First Known Use of MENDELIAN INHERITANCE

circa 1910

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