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Definition of Law of independent assortment
1. Noun. Each member of a pair of homologous chromosomes separates independently of the members of other pairs so the results are random.
Medical Definition of Law of independent assortment
1. Different hereditary factors assort independently when the gametes are formed; traits at linked loci are an exception. Synonym: Mendel's second law. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Law Of Independent Assortment
Literary usage of Law of independent assortment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Physical Basis of Heredity by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1919)
"law of independent assortment of the genes. They rest on numerical data, and are
therefore quantitative and can be turned into mathematical form wherever it ..."
2. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1921)
"MENDEL'S law is separated into 3 parts: Law of uniformity in Fi, law of segregation,
and law of independent assortment; the widespread application of these ..."
3. A Critique of the Theory of Evolution by Thomas Hunt Morgan, Louis Clark Vanuxem Foundation (1916)
"The second law of Mendel may be called the law of independent assortment of
different character pairs. We can, as it were, take the characters of one ..."
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