In genetics, the relationship between nonallelic genetic traits that are transmitted from parent to child more or less independently in accordance with the degree of linkage between the respective loci.
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assortment see INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT
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as·sort·ment (ə-sortґmənt) the random distribution of different combinations of the parental chromosomes to the gametes, each gamete therefore containing one chromosome of each homologous pair, but randomly receiving the maternal versus paternal homologue for any pair.Medical dictionary. 2011.