Mendelian

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• Yet when such an interdisciplinary approach proves successful, it often provides a major breakthrough in biology (as was first exemplified by the discovery of the Mendelian laws of inheritance).

  Academic text (2010)

• As a dedicated Mendelian, she often discussed the implications of genetic inheritance on plant breeding.

• The majority of mitochondrial proteins are encoded by nuclear genes and follow the usual Mendelian patterns of inheritance.

  Academic text (2017)

• She considered the genetic control of both morphological and life cycle traits, and she discovered that most features followed diploid genetic (Mendelian) models of inheritance.

  Academic text (2002)

• Interestingly, their findings corresponded to two typical patterns of plastid genes: that is, maternal and biparental transmission without Mendelian ratios.

  Academic text (1996)

• Looking back on this premature demise of the idea of inheritance of acquired characteristics, one may note that the Mendelian geneticists were more judicious than the protagonists of acquired inheritance in the choice of their experimental materials.

  Academic text (1993)

• The conference attracted many Mendelians, showcasing research based on Gregor Mendel's principles of heredity.

• The study was led by a prominent Mendelian who advocated for the application of Mendel's laws in modern genetics.

Synonyms

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Mendelist

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A person who studies or supports Mendel's ideas about how traits are passed

follows and promotes established principles in genetics

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology