Genetic Definition

-ĭ-kəl
adjective
Of or having to do with genetics.
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Affecting or determined by genes.
Genetic diseases.
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Of the genesis, or origin, of something.
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Genic.

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Of or relating to the relationship between or among languages that are descendants of the same language.
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noun
Genetics is defined as hereditary characteristics and properties, or to the study of such characteristics.
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Gregor Mendel was the first to study human genetics. In 1865 he performed the first study to see how traits were passed on between plants. He is often referred to as being the Father of Genetics and he was the first to discover that all genes follow certain laws.
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There are two types of genes. The autosome define every trait except gende. The chromosome defines gender based on X and Y chromosomes,
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Studying genetics can help doctors develop better medications or a cure for currently incurable diseases such as cancer and AIDS.
The characteristics and traits you inherit from your parents are examples of genetics.
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Origin of Genetic

  • From Greek genetikos genitive from genesis origin genesis

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Genetic Sentence Examples

  • This is a form of genetic modification.

  • Today, genetic modification efforts are much more directed.

  • Then in the 1940s, another American, Oswald Avery, was able to show, through an ingenious method, that the genetic information had to be carried by the DNA.

  • The tests I did with your blood came back promising, but I can't nail down the right genetic code.

  • This arrangement has not hitherto been detected in any other class than the Arachnida, and if it should ultimately prove to be peculiar to that group, would have considerable weight as a proof of the close genetic affinity of Limulus and Scorpio.

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Words Starting With

GGEGEN

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CICTIC

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