Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The branch of biology that deals with heredity, especially the mechanisms of hereditary transmission and the variation of inherited characteristics among similar or related organisms.
- noun The genetic constitution of an individual, group, or class.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That portion of evolutionary science which deals with natural development uncomplicated by human purpose or artificial process.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biology, genetics The branch of
biology that deals with thetransmission andvariation ofinherited characteristics , in particular chromosomes and DNA. - noun biology, genetics The
genetic makeup of a specificindividual orspecies .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
Etymologies
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Examples
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"The expectation in genetics is that only repeated efforts to replicate associations on independent samples by several research teams will verify initial findings like these," they wrote.
Reading the Guardian? It could be down to your 'liberal genes' Richard Adams in Washington 2010
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The Iowa-born expert in genetics is known as the man behind the "Green Revolution" of the
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Suggesting that, in light of an enduring and widely observed academic performance gap between blacks and whites, such gap may be attributable to genetics is to simply explore a scientific hypothesis to explain a persistent, observed phenomenon.
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Dwi means “distinct or second,” and ja means “birth,” ja being the same root as gen in the English word genetics.
Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010
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Dwi means “distinct or second,” and ja means “birth,” ja being the same root as gen in the English word genetics.
Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010
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Dwi means “distinct or second,” and ja means “birth,” ja being the same root as gen in the English word genetics.
Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010
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Toward the end of the first decade of the twentieth century, after Bateson had coined the term genetics for the emerging new field of transmission studies in 1906, Wilhelm Johannsen codified this distinction by introducing the notions of genotype and phenotype, respectively, for these two spaces.
Gene Rheinberger, Hans-Jörg 2009
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Chief of privacy Harriet Pearson simply inserted the term genetics into IBM’s existing equal opportunity and diversity policies that covered other types of discrimination based on age, gender, and other factors.
The $1,000 Genome Kevin Davies 2010
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The USSR did not believe in genetics because it was bad Soviet politics.
Think Progress » Inhofe’s Grandchildren Build Igloo To Mock Killer Snow Storm: ‘Al Gore’s New Home’ 2010
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Cutting-edge seed companies continue to make advances in genetics and biotechnology, allowing us to increase the robustness of staple crops.
James C. Borel: To Feed the World, Think Locally -- and Act Locally James C. Borel 2010
Prolagus commented on the word genetics
Gay Scientists Isolate Christian Gene
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chained_bear commented on the word genetics
That. Is. Priceless.
December 31, 2008
reesetee commented on the word genetics
Heehee.
January 1, 2009