Definitions for Genetics
dʒəˈnɛt ɪksGe·net·ics

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1. genetics, genetic sciencenoun

   the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms

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1. geneticsnoun

   The branch of biology that deals with the transmission and variation of inherited characteristics, in particular chromosomes and DNA.

   Etymology: γένεσις. Ultimately from γίγνομαι.

2. geneticsnoun

   The genetic makeup of a specific individual or species.

   Etymology: γένεσις. Ultimately from γίγνομαι.

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1. Genetics

   Genetics, a discipline of biology, is the science of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms. Genetics deals with the molecular structure and function of genes, gene behavior in the context of a cell or organism, patterns of inheritance from parent to offspring, and gene distribution, variation and change in populations, such as through Genome-Wide Association Studies. Given that genes are universal to living organisms, genetics can be applied to the study of all living systems, from viruses and bacteria, through plants and domestic animals, to humans. The fact that living things inherit traits from their parents has been used since prehistoric times to improve crop plants and animals through selective breeding. However, the modern science of genetics, which attempts to understand the process of inheritance, only began with the work of Gregor Mendel in the mid-19th century. Although he did not know the physical basis for heredity, Mendel observed that organisms inherit traits by way of discrete units of inheritance, which are now called genes.

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1. Genetics

   The branch of science concerned with the means and consequences of transmission and generation of the components of biological inheritance. (Stedman, 26th ed)

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Genetics in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Genetics in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Genetics in a Sentence

1. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich:

   1. Life is a tough ghetto, brutal gangsta philosophy. The crisis is growing, karmic carousels are turning on. 2. The true self is a lonely lamp post in the middle of emptiness, illuminating the space of the true one. 3. 1. Whatever happens, loyalty is strengthened when I see you. Love deepens from the thought of you, I love you powerfully, you are an erotic dope, love hypnosis, you are a flying high, I am fried with passion for you. Roughly exciting. Extremely exciting. Quivering delight. I am drawn to an instinctive, vicious passion. I am drawn to you even without libido and testosterone. You are a vital part of life, your image immerses you in an erotic, fabulous fantasy. 2. We form our DNA, the DNA of our future with the help of chemistry and GMOs. From this, children are more likely to get sick. But what if human DNA is completely chemically painful. What if this is the end of civilization. And people put their dirty greedy hands there that they themselves do not fully understand. Genetics will either destroy us or break all DNA codes and we will move to a new level of physiology and consciousness. Life experiences shape DNA. We shape ourselves and our own future. A quantum leap of awareness in a change in consciousness, space and time. New DNA strands as new levels of awareness and can program consciousness. Divine power that from the greed of some people can destroy us. 3. A closed person is like a toy that you pull by the string and she says the same negative phrases. This is an emaciated person. 4. Life is like a ship and there is a holiday or a storm in it. And the sea as an element of fate. The sails of the higher powers lead the ship and the wind of change can sometimes change its course. The compass of awareness guides the circular earth of reincarnation. Life is the romance of travel and knowledge of the world. The family is the crew of the ship. Which has its own holds of secrets. The course of insight leads only forward through life. 5. Expression and sounding of reality as a rupture of the dimension of consciousness. The insight of consciousness creates a gap in the dimension. The darkness dissipates and we see a mystical truth. 6. Vices are pretenses of instincts. People do not understand what they are doing - this is vicious infantilism, self-doubt. 7. Toys of the subconscious that are the basis of the paradoxical game of the illusion of life. 8. The world is a toilet bowl where everyone shits with their egoism, and someone from above presses the drain button around the clock, and flushes a huge number of people into the toilet, those who cannot be drained will survive. Author: Musin Almat Zhumabekovich

2. Jin Park:

   In the long term we envision that living tissues will be engineered as reliable building blocks by combining genetics, tissue-engineering and new manufacturing techniques (bioprinting and 3D-printing), ready to be assembled into these artificial creatures.

3. Stuart Scott:

   When we talk about precision medicine and things like that, it's very important to remember to consider all variables and not just genetics.

4. Tim Spector:

   I am in favour of any way to get the UK public more involved in science and genetics - and this is a great way to get educated in the power of genetics as well as its limitations.

5. Anthony Shelton:

   We all live in the age of genetics, whether it be looking at your family tree or genetically engineering plants, we just know so much more about the genes in insects that we can now utilize this knowledge to control the pest populations in a much more environmentally friendly way and a much more sustainable way.

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