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nounAugustinian monk and botanist whose experiments in breeding garden peas led to his eventual recognition as founder of the science of genetics (1822-1884)
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- md a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles (Md is the current symbol for mendelevium but Mv was formerly the symbol)
- mv a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles (Md is the current symbol for mendelevium but Mv was formerly the symbol)
- mendelevium a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles (Md is the current symbol for mendelevium but Mv was formerly the symbol)
- mendelian a follower of Mendelism
- mendelian of or relating to Gregor Mendel or in accord with Mendel's laws
- mendel's law (genetics) one of two principles of heredity formulated by Gregor Mendel on the basis of his experiments with plants; the principles were limited and modified by subsequent genetic research
- monohybrid cross hybridization using a single trait with two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas)
- monohybrid a hybrid produced by crossing parents that are homozygous except for a single gene locus that has two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas)
- hugo de vries Dutch botanist who rediscovered Mendel's laws and developed the mutation theory of evolution (1848-1935)
- mendelism the theory of inheritance based on Mendel's laws