Mendelian law

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• Mendelian — Referring to the great Moravian/Bohemian biologist Gregor Mendel (1822 84) who set forth the basic laws that constitute the foundation of classical genetics. Mendelian inheritance is the manner in which genes and traits are passed from parents to …   Medical dictionary

• 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Mendelian character — (Biol.) A character which obeys Mendel s law in regard to its hereditary transmission. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Mendelian inheritance — For a non technical introduction to the topic, see Introduction to genetics. Part of a series on Genetics Key components Chromosome DNA • RNA Genome Heredity …   Wikipedia

• Mendelian inheritance — The manner in which genes and traits are passed from parents to their children. The four modes of Mendelian inheritance are autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, X linked dominant and X linked recessive. The term mendelian refers to the great… …   Medical dictionary

• law — 1. A principle or rule. 2. A statement of fact detailing a sequence or relation of phenomena that is invariable under given conditions. SEE ALSO: principle, rule, theorem. [A.S. lagu] Alexander l. states that a jerky nystagmus becomes worse when… …   Medical dictionary

• Mendelian inheritance — noun Date: circa 1910 inheritance of characters specifically transmitted by genes in accord with Mendel s law called also particulate inheritance …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• mendelian theory — see Mendel s laws, under law …   Medical dictionary

• mendelian — Men·de·li·an || men diːljÉ™n adj. of or pertaining to Mendel s law …   English contemporary dictionary

• Scientific law — A scientific law is a statement that describes the behavior of some particular thing or set of things within the natural world, with an adequately thorough history of successful scientific replication.The term scientific law is traditionally… …   Wikipedia

• genetic disease, human — Introduction       any of the diseases and disorders that are caused by mutations in one or more genes (gene).       With the increasing ability to control infectious and nutritional diseases in developed countries, there has come the realization …   Universalium