Mendel's laws

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Mendel's laws are the foundational principles of heredity that explain how traits are inherited through discrete genetic units from one generation to the next.

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instanceOf genetics principle ⓘ
scientific law ⓘ
appliesTo sexually reproducing organisms ⓘ
assumes genes are located on different chromosomes for independent assortment ⓘ
large population size ⓘ
no linkage between genes considered ⓘ
no mutation during gamete formation ⓘ
random fertilization ⓘ
basedOn alleles ⓘ
discrete hereditary units ⓘ
component law of dominance ⓘ
law of independent assortment ⓘ
law of segregation ⓘ
contrastsWith blending inheritance theory ⓘ
coreConcept independent assortment of allele pairs ⓘ
particulate inheritance ⓘ
segregation of alleles during gamete formation ⓘ
derivedFrom pea plant experiments ⓘ
describes independent assortment of genes ⓘ
inheritance of traits ⓘ
segregation of alleles ⓘ
explains 3:1 phenotypic ratio in F2 generation ⓘ
9:3:3:1 phenotypic ratio in F2 generation ⓘ
dihybrid inheritance patterns ⓘ
monohybrid inheritance patterns ⓘ
field biology ⓘ
genetics ⓘ
formulatedBy Gregor Mendel ⓘ
formulatedIn 1860s ⓘ
hasLimitation does not fully explain codominance ⓘ
does not fully explain gene–environment interactions ⓘ
does not fully explain incomplete dominance ⓘ
does not fully explain linkage ⓘ
does not fully explain polygenic inheritance ⓘ
historicalContext rediscovered around 1900 ⓘ
influenced classical breeding theory ⓘ
modern genetics ⓘ
population genetics ⓘ
namedAfter Gregor Mendel ⓘ
rediscoveredBy Carl Correns ⓘ
Erich von Tschermak ⓘ
Hugo de Vries ⓘ
supports chromosome theory of inheritance ⓘ
usedIn Punnett square analysis ⓘ
linked to: Punnett

animal breeding ⓘ
medical genetics education ⓘ
plant breeding ⓘ

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Gregor Mendel → knownFor → Mendel's laws ⓘ
Gregor Mendel → knownFor → law of independent assortment ⓘ
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Mendel’s Principles of Heredity → associatedWith → Mendelian school of genetics ⓘ
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Reginald Punnett → knownFor → Mendelian genetics ⓘ
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Reginald Punnett → researchSubject → Mendelian inheritance ⓘ
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The Causes of Evolution → mainSubject → Mendelian genetics ⓘ
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Wilhelm Weinberg → movement → Mendelian genetics ⓘ
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The Mechanism of Mendelian Heredity → mainSubject → Mendelian inheritance ⓘ
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The Mechanism of Mendelian Heredity → relatedTo → Mendelian inheritance ⓘ
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Trofim Lysenko → opposedTo → Mendelian genetics ⓘ
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Punnett → hasNotableAssociation → Mendelian inheritance ⓘ
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Heredity in Poultry → appliesTheory → Mendelian laws of inheritance ⓘ
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Lilian Vaughan Morgan → influencedBy → Mendelian genetics ⓘ
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Carl Correns → coRediscovererOf → Mendel's laws of inheritance ⓘ
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