Law of independent assortment

Definitions of law of independent assortment

noun
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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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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