Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun law_of_independent_assortment

1 sense of law of independent assortment

Sense 1
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)
       => 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)