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

1 sense of law of segregation

Sense 1
law of segregation -- (members of a pair of homologous chromosomes separate during the formation of gametes and are distributed to different gametes so that every gamete receives only one member of the pair)
       => 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)