The term that collectively refers to the three principles described by Gregor Mendel that together summarize his extensive experiments studying the patterns of heredity for acquired characteristics.

An accepted theory that chromosomes are the material of inheritance, and that they are associated in paternal-maternal pairings; dervied from the collective work of Boveri, Sutton, and Morgan.

In object-oriented programming, a class that has no more than one parent. Contrast with multiple inheritance. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires permission.