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Noun: Mendel's law
  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

Derived forms: Mendel's laws

Type of: law, law of nature

Encyclopedia: Mendel's law