Definition of Mendelism in English:
Mendelism
noun ˈmɛnd(ə)lɪz(ə)mˈmɛndlˌɪzəm
mass nounBiology The theory of heredity as formulated by Mendel.
Example sentencesExamples
- One of Mendelism's staunchest partisans was William Bateson, an English biologist who saw in it a weapon for his attacks on the Darwinian idea of continuous variation in nature.
- Dobzhansky extended the synthesis of Mendelism and Darwinism to the understanding of human nature in Mankind Evolving, a successful synthesis of genetics, evolutionary theory, anthropology, and sociology.
- The question whether Mendelism applied to animals as well as to plants immediately arose, and the answer was not long in coming.
- Before analyzing the influence of Mendelism, we show that environmental stochasticity has no influence on the neutral allele frequency.
- Nevertheless, he later downplayed the significance of Mendelism and held to Lamarckian ideas throughout his life.
Definition of Mendelism in US English:
Mendelism
nounˈmɛndlˌɪzəmˈmendlˌizəm
Biology The theory of heredity as formulated by Mendel.
Example sentencesExamples
- Before analyzing the influence of Mendelism, we show that environmental stochasticity has no influence on the neutral allele frequency.
- Nevertheless, he later downplayed the significance of Mendelism and held to Lamarckian ideas throughout his life.
- Dobzhansky extended the synthesis of Mendelism and Darwinism to the understanding of human nature in Mankind Evolving, a successful synthesis of genetics, evolutionary theory, anthropology, and sociology.
- One of Mendelism's staunchest partisans was William Bateson, an English biologist who saw in it a weapon for his attacks on the Darwinian idea of continuous variation in nature.
- The question whether Mendelism applied to animals as well as to plants immediately arose, and the answer was not long in coming.