| Mendelian Inheritance in Man | A standard, comprehensive, perpetually updated reference source for traits in humans that have been shown to be mendelian or that are thought on reasonable grounds to be so. Each entry has a six-digit catalog number. Those securely established (by molecular biology or by extensive clinical studies) are marked with an asterisk. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| mendelian ratio | The ratio of progeny with a particular phenotypes or genotypes expected in accordance with Mendel's law among the offspring of matings specified as to genotype or phenotype. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mendelian trait | A categorical trait that segregates in accordance with a single-locus genetic system. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mendelism | The hereditary principles of unilocal traits derived from Mendel's laws. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mendelizing | Denoting a pattern of inheritance of a trait that corresponds phenotypically to the segregation of known or putative genes at one genetic locus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mendelson's syndrome | <syndrome> Pulmonary disorders resulting from aspiration of gastric contents into the lungs following vomiting or regurgitation in obstetrical patients. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mendelson, Curtis | <person> U.S. Physician, *1913. See: Mendelson's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |