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Mendelism

Mendelism

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A theory that traits pass from parents to children by simple rules discovered by Gregor Mendel
  • noun
  • /ˈmɛndəlɪzəm/
  • Specialized
: mendelismo
  • According to Mendelism, different traits are inherited independently from each other.

There was a scientist called Lisenko who thought that Mendelism, normal genetics is bourgeois science shouldn't be done.

Examples

  • The principles of Mendelism significantly advanced our understanding of genetic inheritance.

  • Many biologists base their research on Mendelism to study how various traits are inherited.

  • There was a scientist called Lisenko who thought that Mendelism, normal genetics is bourgeois science shouldn't be done.

    Andrew Huberman

Synonyms

Mendelianism
vsMendelism
  • Specialized
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Rules that explain how parents pass on traits to their children, based on Mendel's experiments

is the identical theory but uses the shorter base name

Surface Forms

Mendelism singular
Mendelisms plural

Morphology

Mendelism = Mendel (transparent) = Mendel + ism

Formed from the proper name 'Mendel' plus the productive suffix '-ism' indicating a doctrine or theory; learners who recognise the name or the suffix can infer the meaning.

Etymology

The word Mendelism comes from the name of the scientist Mendel, who found simple rules about how traits are passed from parents to children, and the ending -ism, which means a 'system' or 'theory' and appears in words like Darwinism. So Mendelism means the system of ideas about heredity that follows Mendel's rules.