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Law of Independent Assortment. Definition. noun. Mendelian law stating that for every pair of unit factors, each of them would assort independently into the newly formed gametes. Supplement. The unit factors that are being referred to in Gregor Mendel 's theories are now called genes. In a diploid organism, the genes exist in two alternative forms called alleles.
Definition of ALLELE. 1. : any of the alternative forms of a gene that may occur at a given locus. 2. : either of a pair of alternative Mendelian characters (as smooth and wrinkled seed in the pea).â alÂ·leÂ·lic \-ËlÄ-lik, -Ële-\ adjective. â alÂ·lelÂ·ism \-ËlÄ-Ëli-zÉm, -Ële-\ noun.efinition of ALLELE. 1. : any of the alternative forms of a gene that may occur at a given locus. 2. : either of a pair of alternative Mendelian characters (as smooth and wrinkled seed in the pea). â alÂ·leÂ·lic \-ËlÄ-lik, -Ële-\ adjective.