| assortment | In genetics, the relationship between nonallelic genetic traits that are transmitted from parent to child more or less independently in accordance with the degree of linkage between the respective loci. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| independent assortment | The pattern of transmission of unlinked loci. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| law of independent assortment | Different hereditary factors assort independently when the gametes are formed; traits at linked loci are an exception. Synonym: Mendel's second law. (05 Mar 2000) |