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Definition of Law of segregation
1. Noun. Members of a pair of homologous chromosomes separate during the formation of gametes and are distributed to different gametes so that every gamete receives only one member of the pair.
Medical Definition of Law of segregation
1. Factors that affect development retain their individuality from generation to generation, do not become contaminated when mixed in a hybrid, and become sorted out from one another when the next generation of gametes is formed. Synonym: Mendel's first law. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Law Of Segregation
Literary usage of Law of segregation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sex-linked Inheritance in Drosophila by Thomas Hunt Morgan, Calvin Blackman Bridges (1916)
"MENDEL'S law of segregation. Although the ratio of 3 to i in which contrasted
characters reappear in the second or F2 generation is sometimes referred to as ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"The above illustration will explain the law of segregation, and probable ratio
of recombination when hybrids are inbred with their own pollen, and when only ..."
3. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1873)
"Simple aggregation would satisfy this " law of segregation" ; but something more
than aggregation is necessary for organic needs. ..."
4. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1873)
"Simple aggregation would satisfy this " law of segregation" ; but something more
than aggregation is necessary for organic needs. ..."
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