Mendelianism

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mendelian \Men*de"li*an\, prop. a. [See {Mendel's law}.]
     1. (Biol.) Pert. to Mendel, or to Mendel's law; as, Mendelian
        inheritance.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. (Biol.) Behaving or being in accordance with Mendel's laws


        of inheritance; -- said of the distribution of inherited
        characteristics and of traits thus distributed. --
        {Men*de"li*an*ism}, {Men*del"ism}, n.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Mendelianism
       n : the theory of inheritance based on Mendel's laws [syn: {Mendelism}]