Mendelian

See also: mendelian

English

Etymology

From Mendel +‎ -ian.

Adjective

Mendelian (not comparable)

1. (genetics) Of or relating to Gregor Mendel or his theories of genetics
2. Following Gregor Mendel's laws of intergenerational gene transmission.

   a Mendelian disease

3. Of or relating to Mendel's laws of gene transmission.

   There are Mendelian inconsistencies in the data.

Derived terms

• Mendelian character
• Mendelian factor
• Mendelianism
• Mendelianist
• Mendelianly
• Mendelian ratio

Translations

of or relating to Gregor Mendel or his theories of genetics

• French: mendélien (fr)
• Italian: mendeliano (it)
• Occitan: mendelian

following rules

of rules