mendelian
Adjective:
- Relating to Gregor Mendel or his theories: "Mendelian" describes anything connected to Gregor Mendel, the 19th-century Austrian scientist and Augustinian friar who founded the modern science of genetics.
- In accord with Mendel's laws: "Mendelian" refers to the principles of inheritance, specifically the patterns by which traits are passed from parents to offspring through genes, as first described by Mendel.
Noun:
- A follower of Mendelism: A "Mendelian" is a person who supports or adheres to the theories of genetic inheritance established by Gregor Mendel.
Adjective:
- The inheritance of seed shape in pea plants is a classic Mendelian trait.
- We studied Mendelian genetics in our biology class, focusing on dominant and recessive alleles.
Noun:
- Early in the 20th century, many biologists became Mendelians after the rediscovery of Mendel's work.
"Mendelian inheritance": This is a standard term for the pattern of inheritance that follows Mendel's laws, where traits are determined by discrete units (genes/alleles) passed from parents.
- Cystic fibrosis is often cited as an example of a human disease with a Mendelian inheritance pattern.
"Non-Mendelian inheritance": Refers to patterns of inheritance (e.g., incomplete dominance, codominance, polygenic traits) that do not follow the simple dominant/recessive rules first outlined by Mendel.
- The pink flowers from crossing red and white parents demonstrate non-Mendelian inheritance.
Mendelism (noun): The theory of inheritance based on Mendel's laws.
- The debate between Mendelism and biometricians was a key moment in the history of genetics.
Mendelianism (noun): Another term for Mendelism.
- Mendelize (verb, rare): To undergo or exhibit segregation in inheritance according to Mendel's laws.
- Adjective: Mendelian has no perfect synonyms in common use, as it is a proper adjective derived from a name. In context, phrases like "following Mendel's laws" or "classical genetic" can convey similar meanings.
- Noun: follower of Mendel, Mendelianist.
"Mendelian ratio": The characteristic ratio of phenotypes (e.g., 3:1, 9:3:3:1) observed in the offspring of specific crosses, as predicted by Mendel's laws.
- The F2 generation of a monohybrid cross typically shows a 3:1 Mendelian ratio.
"Mendelian disorder": A genetic disease or condition caused by a mutation in a single gene and whose inheritance follows Mendel's patterns (e.g., autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive).
- Huntington's disease is a Mendelian disorder with an autosomal dominant pattern.
- of or relating to Gregor Mendel or in accord with Mendel's laws
- Mendelian inheritance
- a follower of Mendelism