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What are Mendel's four principles of genetics called and what are they?

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The Principle of Unit Characters:
Individuals pass information on as individual traits.

The Principle of Dominance:
Some unit characters can mask the expression of others.

The Principle of Segregation:
Each unit character separates into a different sex cell.

The Principle of Independent Assortment:
Genes segregate according to chance.
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