Definition: Genetics
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γÎνεσις or génesis (origin). Coined by English biologist William Bateson in 1905 in a letter to zoologist Adam Sedgwick, and first used publicly by Bateson at a lecture to the International Conference on Plant Hybridization in 1906.
Noun
genetics (uncountable)
- (biology) The branch of biology that deals with the transmission and variation of inherited characteristics, in particular chromosomes and DNA.
- (biology) The genetic makeup of a specific individual or species.
Derived terms
- anthropogenetics
- archaeogenetics
- cardiogenetics
- chemogenetics
- cyrogenetics
- demogenetics
- ecogenetics
- epigenetics
- evolutionary genetics
- immunogenetics
- metagenetics
- molecular genetics
- morphogenetics
- nephrogenetics
- neurogenetics
- oncogenetics
- optogenetics
- paleogenetics
- pathogenetics
- pharmacogenetics
- phenogenetics
- population genetics
- psychogenetics
- quantitative genetics
- radiogenetics
- reprogenetics
- reverse genetics
- sociogenetics
- sonogenetics
- telegenetics
- thermogenetics
- toxicogenetics
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