noun
- the act of assorting; distribution; classification.
- a collection of various kinds of things; a mixed collection.
noun
- the formation of a hybrid virus containing parts from the genomes of two distinct viruses in a mixed infection
noun
- a collection or group of various things or sorts
- the act of assorting
1610s, “action of assorting,” from assort + -ment. Sense of “group of things of the same sort” is attested from 1759; that of “group of things whether the same sort or not” from 1791.
n.
- The relationship between non-allelic genetic traits that are transmitted from parent to child independently and according to the degree of linkage between the respective loci.