- Institution/s: Universidad de Alicante, Universidad de Saarbrücken, Universidad de Valladolid, Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
- Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
- Identification number: 175
- Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
- Author/s: Aida GONZÁLEZ ALBORS, Andrea COCCARO CASTILLO, Diana MOŢOC, Rosario HERRERO, Verónica ARNÁIZ UZQUIZA
- Creation / modification date: 31-01-2014
- Term: segregation
- Gramatical category: s
- Definition: The separation of alleles during meiosis so that each gamete contains only one member of each pair of alleles
- Context: It is purely a matter of chance which of the two factors happens to be transmitted at any one time. This is sometimes referred to as Mendel’s 1st law, or the law of segregation.
- Expression: law of segregation, segregation analysis, segregation ratio
- Weighting mark: nor
- Sources:
- Term: GRIFFITHS, A.J.F., MILLER, J.H., SUZUKI, D.T., LEWONTIN, R.C., GELBART, W.M. (2002). Introduction à l’analyse génétique. Paris/Bruxelles : Éditions De Boeck Université, 186.
- Definition: http://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais /s%C3%A9gr%C3%A9gation/71832
- Context: GRIFFITHS, A.J.F., MILLER, J.H., SUZUKI, D.T., LEWONTIN, R.C., GELBART, W.M. (2002). Introduction à l’analyse génétique. Paris/Bruxelles : Éditions De Boeck Université, 186.
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