mendel's law

1. 1.

   (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

   Broaderlaw

   Narrowerlaw of segregationlaw of independent assortment

   genetics

Questions about mendel's law

What does mendel's law mean?

mendel's law means "(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".

Is mendel's law a common word?

mendel's law is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.