| segregation | 1. The act of segregating, or the state of being segregated; separation from others; a parting. 2. <geology> Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive attraction or the crystallizing process. Origin: L. Segregatio: cf. F. Segregation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| segregation analysis | In genetics, the enumeration of progeny according to distinct and mutually exclusive phenotypes; used as a test of a putative pattern of inheritance, e.g., mendelian, dominant autosomal, epistatic, age-dependent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| segregation of chromosomes | <cell biology, genetics> The separation of pairs of homologous chromosomes that occurs at meiosis so that only one chromosome from each pair is present in any single gamete. (18 Nov 1997) |
| segregation ratio | In genetics, the proportion of progeny of a particular genotype or phenotype from actual matings of specified genotypes. The test of a Mendelian hypothesis is the comparison of the segregation rate with the Mendelian rate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chromosome segregation | <cell biology> The orderly separation of one copy of each chromosome into each daughter cell at mitosis. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| mitotic segregation | <genetics> Mitotic recombination. (18 Nov 1997) |
| law of segregation | 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) |