Haldane's law

noun

Hal·​dane's law

variants or Haldane's rule

ˈhȯlˌdānz-

: a principle in genetics: when in an interspecific cross one sex is absent, rare, or sterile in the offspring, that sex is heterogametic

Word History

Etymology

after John B. S. Haldane, born 1892 Scottish geneticist

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