(Biol.) Pert. to Mendel, or to Mendel's law; as, Mendelian inheritance.
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(Biol.) Behaving or being in accordance with Mendel's laws of inheritance; said of the distribution of inherited characteristics and of traits thus distributed.
... of his productions Professor Buffum apparently has set the Mendelian law at defiance, for, by cross-fertilization, he has evolved plants which breed true to themselves, and their progeny does not break up into groups, according to the accepted theory. They show specimens resembling ... — Three Acres and Liberty • Bolton Hall