assort

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The law states that alleles of different genes assort independently of one another during gamete formation.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Others are on the same chromosome, but are so far apart that they also assort independently.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2018

We could try to assort that bunch top-to-bottom, from the front of the train to the caboose.

From Forbes • Jul. 14, 2015

Many species, including primates and wolves, assort themselves by means of a dominance hierarchy.

From Scientific American • Dec. 19, 2011

The letter was posted, the letter was scanned, With numberless grins by the men Whose duty it was to assort all the waifs That came from the wonderful pen.

From Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887 by Elverson, James