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mendelism
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mendelism has 1 sense
- mendelism(n = noun.cognition) mendelianism - the theory of inheritance based on Mendel's laws; Array is a kind of theory of inheritance
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mendelism, n. the theory of heredity based on the recurrence of certain inherited characteristics transmitted by genes.
Derivative
Mendelian adj. & n.
Etymology
G. J. Mendel, Austrian botanist d. 1884 + -ISM
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