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Mendelian inheritance — For a non technical introduction to the topic, see Introduction to genetics. Part of a series on Genetics Key components Chromosome DNA • RNA Genome Heredity … Wikipedia
Mendelian — Men*de li*an, prop. a. [See {Mendel s law}.] 1. (Biol.) Pert. to Mendel, or to Mendel s law; as, Mendelian inheritance. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. (Biol.) Behaving or being in accordance with Mendel s laws of inheritance; said of the distribution… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mendelian — [men dē′lē ən, mendēl′yən] adj. 1. of Gregor Mendel 2. of, or inherited according to, Mendel s laws … English World dictionary
Mendelian — Referring to the great Moravian/Bohemian biologist Gregor Mendel (1822 84) who set forth the basic laws that constitute the foundation of classical genetics. Mendelian inheritance is the manner in which genes and traits are passed from parents to … Medical dictionary
Mendelian inheritance — The manner in which genes and traits are passed from parents to their children. The four modes of Mendelian inheritance are autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, X linked dominant and X linked recessive. The term mendelian refers to the great… … Medical dictionary
Mendelian — adjective a) Of or pertaining to or his theories of genetics a Mendelian disease b) Following s laws of intergenerational gene transmission. There are Mendelian inconsistencies in the data … Wiktionary
Mendelian — adjective Date: 1902 of, relating to, or according with Mendel s laws or Mendelism • Mendelian noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
Mendelian — I noun a follower of Mendelism • Hypernyms: ↑follower II adjective of or relating to Gregor Mendel or in accord with Mendel s laws Mendelian inheritance • Pertains to noun: ↑Mendel … Useful english dictionary
Mendelian inheritance — Inheritance of characters according to the classical laws formulated by Gregor Mendel, which give the classic ratios of segregation in the F2 generation. In sexually reproducing organisms, any process of heredity explicable in terms of… … Dictionary of molecular biology
Mendelian — /men dee lee euhn, deel yeuhn/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to Gregor Mendel or to his laws of heredity. n. 2. a follower of Gregor Mendel; a person who accepts Mendelism. [1900 05; MENDEL + IAN] * * * … Universalium
