Definitions for Genetics
dʒəˈnɛt ɪksge·net·ics

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.5 / 4 votes

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.

2. geneticsnoun

   The genetic makeup of a specific individual or species.

3. Etymology: γένεσις. Ultimately from γίγνομαι.

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1. Genetics

   Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms. It is an important branch in biology because heredity is vital to organisms' evolution. Gregor Mendel, a Moravian Augustinian friar working in the 19th century in Brno, was the first to study genetics scientifically. Mendel studied "trait inheritance", patterns in the way traits are handed down from parents to offspring over time. He observed that organisms (pea plants) inherit traits by way of discrete "units of inheritance". This term, still used today, is a somewhat ambiguous definition of what is referred to as a gene. Trait inheritance and molecular inheritance mechanisms of genes are still primary principles of genetics in the 21st century, but modern genetics has expanded to study the function and behavior of genes. Gene structure and function, variation, and distribution are studied within the context of the cell, the organism (e.g. dominance), and within the context of a population. Genetics has given rise to a number of subfields, including molecular genetics, epigenetics and population genetics. Organisms studied within the broad field span the domains of life (archaea, bacteria, and eukarya). Genetic processes work in combination with an organism's environment and experiences to influence development and behavior, often referred to as nature versus nurture. The intracellular or extracellular environment of a living cell or organism may increase or decrease gene transcription. A classic example is two seeds of genetically identical corn, one placed in a temperate climate and one in an arid climate (lacking sufficient waterfall or rain). While the average height of the two corn stalks may be genetically determined to be equal, the one in the arid climate only grows to half the height of the one in the temperate climate due to lack of water and nutrients in its environment.

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1. genetics

   Genetics is the branch of biology that deals with the study of genes, heredity, and variations in living organisms. It explores how traits and characteristics are passed on from one generation to the next, the structure and function of genes, and how genes influence the growth, development and behavior of organisms.

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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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Numerology

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. Nathan Lents:

   I would not say that there is any evidence, historical or scientific,in favorof the existence of Adam and Eve, as they are presented in the Bible, however, there have been developments in our understanding of ancestry and genetics that allow for the possibility of universal ancestors of the entire human population in the surprisingly recent past.

2. Albert Rizzo:

   Genetics play a role, but we don’t have all the exact explanation why one individual would get cancer or not.

3. Rebecca Puhl:

   We certainly have created a society that facilitates obesity, with an emphasis on fast and highly processed foods and a lack of physical activity, and we're ignoring all the other pieces of the puzzle such as genetics, environment, biology, agriculture, prices of food, food deserts and accessibility. Read More.

4. Mark Schnitzer:

   Historically the fruit fly has been an important model for the study of various biological processes and has led to important discoveries initially in genetics but then in other fields as well.

5. May Sarton:

   A man with a talent does what is expected of him, makes his way, constructs, is an engineer, a composer, a builder of bridges. It's the natural order of things that he construct objects outside himself and his family. The woman who does so is aberrant. We have to expiate for this cursed talent someone handed out to us, by mistake, in the black mystery of genetics.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Genetics
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Genetics
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetics
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Genetics
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Genetics