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LAW OF SEGREGATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("law of segregation" 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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