independent assortment

noun

, Genetics.

1. law of independent assortment.

Word History and Origins

Origin of independent assortment¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Finally there is the law of independent assortment, which found that genes with different traits can segregate from each other independently while gametes are being formed.

From Salon

A more per spicacious "Law of Independent Assortment" points to some form of a 9:3:3:1 ratio of inheritance.

From Time Magazine Archive

The second law of Mendel may be called the law of independent assortment of different character pairs.

From Project Gutenberg