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dʒəˈnɛt ə sɪstge·neti·cist

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. geneticistnoun

    a biologist who specializes in genetics

Wiktionary

  1. geneticistnoun

    A scientist who studies genes.

  2. geneticistnoun

    A physician who diagnoses, treats, and counsels patients with genetic disorders or syndromes.

  3. Etymology: genetic (related to genes) + -ist (person following a profession or interest)

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  1. Geneticist

    A geneticist is a biologist or physician who studies genetics, the science of genes, heredity, and variation of organisms. A geneticist can be employed as a scientist or a lecturer. Geneticists may perform general research on genetic processes or develop genetic technologies to aid in the pharmaceutical or and agriculture industries. Some geneticists perform experiments in model organisms such as Drosophila, C. elegans, zebrafish, rodents or humans and analyze data to interpret the inheritance of biological traits. A basic science geneticist is a scientist who usually has earned a PhD in genetics and undertakes research and/or lectures in the field. A medical geneticist is a physician who has been trained in medical genetics as a specialization and evaluates, diagnoses, and manages patients with hereditary conditions or congenital malformations; and provides genetic risk calculations and mutation analysis.

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  1. geneticist

    A geneticist is a biologist who specializes in the field of genetics, the study of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms. They conduct research to understand how traits are passed from parents to offspring, the roles genes play in health and disease, ways to manipulate genetic material, among other genetic related phenomena. Geneticists can work in various environments such as laboratories, hospitals, academic institutions or environmental and wildlife research.

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  1. Geneticist

    A geneticist is a biologist who studies genetics, the science of genes, heredity, and variation of organisms. A geneticist can be employed as a researcher or lecturer. Some geneticists perform experiments and analyze data to interpret the inheritance of skills. A geneticist is also a Consultant or Medical Doctor who has been trained in genetics as a specialization. They evaluate, diagnose, and manage patients with hereditary conditions or congenital malformations, genetic risk calculation, and mutation analysis as well as refer patients to other medical specialties. Geneticists participate in courses from many areas, such as biology, chemistry, physics, microbiology, cell biology, bioinformatics, English, and mathematics. They also participate in more specific genetics courses such as molecular genetics, transmission genetics, population genetics, quantitative genetics, ecological genetics, and genomics. Geneticists can work in many different fields, doing a variety of jobs. There are many careers for geneticists in medicine, agriculture, wildlife, general sciences or many other fields. Listed below are a few examples of careers a geneticist may pursue. ⁕Genetic counseling ⁕Medical genetics

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of geneticist in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of geneticist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of geneticist in a Sentence

  1. Tony Capra:

    We can't blame Neanderthals for Covid. That's a damaging response, and that's why I want to emphasize so much the social and environmental factors are the real things that people should be worrying about, that said, as a geneticist, I think it is important to know the evolutionary history of the genetic variants we find that do have effects on traits. The effects of Neanderthal DNA traits are detectable, but they're modest.

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