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MENDELISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mendelism mean?
• MENDELISM (noun)
The noun MENDELISM has 1 sense:
1. the theory of inheritance based on Mendel's laws
Familiarity information: MENDELISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The theory of inheritance based on Mendel's laws
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
Mendelianism; Mendelism
Hypernyms ("Mendelism" is a kind of...):
theory of inheritance ((biology) a theory of how characteristics of one generation are derived from earlier generations)
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