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Mendelianism

Mendelian \Men*de"li*an\, prop. a. [See Mendel's law.]

  1. (Biol.) Pert. to Mendel, or to Mendel's law; as, Mendelian inheritance.

  2. (Biol.) Behaving or being in accordance with Mendel's laws of inheritance; -- said of the distribution of inherited characteristics and of traits thus distributed. -- Men*de"li*an*ism, Men*del"ism, n.

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There are dozens of theories,--mutation, orthogenesis, Weismanism, Mendelianism, etc.