See Also: nonMendelian inheritance(medicine)
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imitative (iou) and nonMendelian inheritance (medicine)


imitative (iou)



imitative adjective. L16.
[Late Latin imitativus, formed as IMITATE: see -ATIVE.]
Characterized by or consisting in imitation. L16.
imitative arts: see Art noun1. imitative word a word that reproduces a natural sound (e.g. fizz) or whose sound is felt to correspond to the appearance etc. of the object or action described (e.g. blob, jag, jam, jerk).
Given to imitation; prone to imitate, copy, or mimic. M18.
That imitates the appearance of something else; simulative, fictitious, counterfeit. M19.
imitatively adverb L19.
imitativeness noun M19.

nonMendelian inheritance (medicine)


nonMendelian inheritance
<genetics> In eukaryotes, patterns of gene transmission not explicable in terms of segregation, independent assortment and linkage. May be due to cytoplasmic inheritance, gene conversion, meiotic drive, etc.