mendelize

English

Etymology

From Mendel +‎ -ize, from Gregor Mendel, an Austro-Hungarian priest and scientist, who gained posthumous fame as the figurehead of the new science of genetics. Mendel showed that the inheritance of certain traits follows particular laws, which were later named after him.

Verb

mendelize (third-person singular simple present mendelizes, present participle mendelizing, simple past and past participle mendelized)

1. (genetics) To be inherited according to Mendel's laws.

Translations

to be inherited according to Mendel's laws

• Finnish: mendelöidä