LAW OF INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does law of independent assortment mean? 

• LAW OF INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT (noun)
  The noun LAW OF INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT has 1 sense:

1. each member of a pair of homologous chromosomes separates independently of the members of other pairs so the results are random

  Familiarity information: LAW OF INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAW OF INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Each member of a pair of homologous chromosomes separates independently of the members of other pairs so the results are random

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("law of independent assortment" is a kind of...):

Mendel's law ((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)