LAW OF INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

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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)

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