assort

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Perfectly unlinked genes correspond to the frequencies predicted by Mendel to assort independently in a dihybrid cross.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

If genes are far apart and more likely to cross-over, then they are more likely to 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

A task for a subjugated fiend:—to gather up all the fallen autumnal leaves of a forest, assort them, and affix each one to the twig where it originally grew.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 by Various