Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to genetics or genes.
- adjective Affecting or determined by genes.
- adjective Of, relating to, or influenced by the origin or development of something.
- adjective Linguistics Of or relating to the relationship between or among languages that are descendants of the same language.
from The Century Dictionary.
- An element in recent adjectives which correspond to nouns in -genesis (see
genesis ) and -geny (see -geny), as biogenetic, phylogenetic, etc. Seegenetic . - Of or pertaining to genesis in any way; as regards origin or mode of production.
- Thè definition of a natural kind by means of an explanation of how such things first came to be.
- noun A medicine which acts on the sexual organs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Same as
genetical . - adjective Of or pertaining to genes or genetics.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective genetics relating to
genetics orgenes - adjective
caused by genes - adjective of or relating to
origin (genesis )
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or produced by or being a gene
- adjective pertaining to or referring to origin
- adjective occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
- adjective of or relating to the science of genetics
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The idea that the ˜genetic program™ or ˜genetic instructions™ for phenotypes are literally written in the genetic code is a continuing barrier to the public understanding of genetics, one that is reinforced every time a journalist reports that scientists have ˜decoded™ the gene for something.
The Distinction Between Innate and Acquired Characteristics Griffiths, Paul 2009
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If we suppose that some of the ˜pegs™ in Waddington's model are environmental factors, rather than genetic loci, then we can define separate notions of ˜environmental canalisation™ and ˜genetic canalisation™.
The Distinction Between Innate and Acquired Characteristics Griffiths, Paul 2009
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But although the term genetic discrimination dates back to around 1986, Reilly argued that there is scant documented evidence of genetic discrimination by insurers and employers.
The $1,000 Genome Kevin Davies 2010
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Six years ago the term genetic genealogy was meaningless, says Bennett Greenspan, head of Family Tree DNA, which has 52,000 customers.
In Our Blood 2007
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Though she went on to earn a graduate degree in international studies at New York University—and, driven by what she called "genetic memory," repeatedly returned to Russia—Ms. Simone was determined to make music.
Far-Flung Journeys Through Song and Prose Jim Fusilli 2011
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Though she went on to earn a graduate degree in international studies at New York University—and, driven by what she called "genetic memory," repeatedly returned to Russia—Ms. Simone was determined to make music.
Far-Flung Journeys Through Song and Prose Jim Fusilli 2011
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Collins told them, "We now have smart bombs" -- what he calls the genetic and pharmaceutical attacks against the disease.
Failure Wrong Diagnosis in War Against Cancer, Say Congress and Medical Writers as American... 2010
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Often, I hear people say, "Oh, I've got bad genes, there's nothing I can do about it" -- displaying what I call genetic nihilism.
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Alm also wants to find out exactly how business is conducted in what he called a genetic "black market."
Wired Top Stories Dave Mosher 2011
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The point is that Mayr coined the term genetic homeostais because all breeding experiments
The Guardian World News GrrlScientist 2010
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