noun
- the theories of heredity advanced by Gregor Mendel.
noun
- the science of heredity based on Mendel’s laws with some modifications in the light of more recent knowledge
n.1903, in reference to the work of Gregor Johann Mendel (1822-1884), Austrian biologist who enunciated the laws of heredity. Related: Mendelian. n.
- The theoretical principles of heredity formulated by Gregor Mendel; Mendel’s laws.