Mendelian inheritance

type of biological inheritance
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Mendelian inheritance

Summary

Mendelian inheritance ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,507 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Gregor Mendel is named after Mendelian inheritance[2].
  • Mendelian inheritance is a type of pattern in nature[3].
  • Mendelian inheritance is a type of heredity[4].
  • Mendelian inheritance is a type of Mendelism[5].
  • Mendelian inheritance's Commons category is recorded as Mendelian inheritance[6].
  • Mendelian inheritance's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mendelian inheritance[7].
  • Mendelian inheritance's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[8].
  • Mendelian inheritance's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • Mendelian inheritance's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[10].
  • Mendelian inheritance's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include pattern in nature[3], heredity[4], and Mendelism[5].

Origins

Gregor Mendel is named after Mendelian inheritance[2].

Influence

Things named for Mendelian inheritance include Mendelian randomization[12], a statistical method[13].

Why It Matters

Mendelian inheritance ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,507 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Entities named for it include Mendelian randomization[12], a statistical method[13].

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  1. [12] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [13] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Described by source Otto's encyclopedia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921 +1
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