Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
in·de·pen·dent as·sort·ment Pronunciation:
"in-d&-'pen-d&nt-&-'so(&)rt-m&nt Function:
noun : formation of random combinations of chromosomes in meiosis and of genes on different pairs of homologous chromosomes by the passage at random of one of each diploid pair of homologouschromosomes into each gamete independently of each other pair
