genetics en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /dʒəˈnɛt.ɪks/ (UK, US)
- /dʒɪ-/ (UK, US)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈdʒɛn.ʈɪks/ (South-Asia)
- /ˈdʒɛ.nə.ʈɪks/ (South-Asia)
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γένεσις (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.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The branch of biology that deals with the transmission and variation of inherited characteristics, in particular chromosomes and DNA.
If we want to raise mangels that will not run to seed, or to breed a cow that will give more milk in less time, or milk with more butter and less water, we can turn to Genetics with every hope that something can be done in these laudable directions.
1908, William Bateson, The Methods and Scope of Genetics: An Inaugural Lecture Delivered 23 October 1908:In commentary accompanying the research, Samira Asgari, an assistant professor in genetics and genomic sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, said that it was crucial to extend these types of studies beyond Europe to other regions to “better understand how differences in population history might have contributed to the risk of autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis.”
2024 January 11, Katie Hunt, “Gene that protected humans 5,000 years ago may be linked to debilitating modern disease”, in CNN:Genetics has shown that people are different, and these differences cluster according to geography and culture, but never in a way that aligns with the traditional concepts of human races.
2017, Adam Rutherford, A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived, The Experiment, →ISBN, page 263:
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(uncountable) The genetic makeup of a specific individual or species.
As a result of your father’s, mother’s, and their parents genetics, you are born with a genetic structure that is dealt to you at conception. […] Our ancestry determines our genetics.
2005, Mark Linden O’Meara, The Feeling Soul: A Roadmap to Healing and Living, Soul Care Publishing, →ISBN, page 45:Melzer and Luke C. Pilling, a research fellow in genomic epidemiology at the University of Exeter Medical School, have also studied the genetics underlying longevity.
2018 November 6, Susan Scutti, “Your Grandma may be old, but that doesn’t mean you will be, researchers say”, in CNN:Anthony knew he could excel in boxing because of his genetics. He fought 168 pounds and fought in fights around the Tri-Cities.
2010, Mike Furches, The Keystone Kids, →ISBN, page 238:This amazing occurrence made my head go bong to say the least; it was obvious that Elizabeth had not been “schizophrenic” because of her genetics, nor because of stress, nor malnutrition, nor hypoglycemia, nor because of any of the causes of mental illness that I had learned and rectify, but because of food allergies
2006, Jay Irvin, Fire Your Doctor!: How and When to be Your Own Best Medical Advisor, →ISBN, page 18:
Deriveds
molecular genetics · anthropogenetics · morphogenetics · therapygenetics · cytogenetics · archaeogenetics · pharmacogenetics · memetics · magnetogenetics · immunogenetics · evolutionary genetics · thermogenetics · sonogenetics · forward genetics · geogenetics · reverse genetics · palaeogenetics · biogenetics · ecogenetics · pathogenetics · landscape genetics · telegenetics · sociogenetics · optogenetics · neurogenetics · nephrogenetics · demogenetics · paleogenetics · cardiogenetics · toxicogenetics · orthogenetics · chemogenetics · quantitative genetics · epigenetics · population genetics · genethics · oncogenetics · metagenetics · dysgenetics · phenogenetics · xenogenetics · reprogenetics · psychogenetics · antigenetics · radiogenetics
Synonyms
Translations (129)
an chenetica (branch of biology) · yi גענעטיק (branch of biology) · he גֶּנֶטִיקָה (branch of biology) · my မျိုးရိုးဗီဇပညာ (branch of biology) · ga géineolaíocht (branch of biology) · tg генетика (branch of biology) · lb Geneetik (branch of biology) · ja 遺伝的特性 (genetic makeup of a specific individual or species) · lt genetika (branch of biology) · id genetika (branch of biology) · qu hinitika (branch of biology) · kk генетика (branch of biology) · pt genética (branch of biology) · uz genetika (branch of biology) · sh genètika (branch of biology) · tyv генетика (branch of biology) · sv ärftlighetsforskning (branch of biology) · nn genetikk (branch of biology) · br genetik (branch of biology) · mk генетика (branch of biology) · te జన్యుశాస్త్రం (branch of biology) · nn arvelære (branch of biology) · ce генетика (branch of biology) · om jeneetiik (branch of biology) · fi genetiikka (branch of biology) · nl genetica (branch of biology) · ia genetica (branch of biology) · fi genetiikka (genetic makeup of a specific individual or species) · jam jinetix (branch of biology) · sw jenetiki (branch of biology) · lv ģenētika (branch of biology) · ps جنتیک (branch of biology) · fr génétique (branch of biology) · yi גענעטיק (genetic makeup of a specific individual or species) · cy genetig (branch of biology) · pl genetyka (branch of biology) · ko 유전학 (branch of biology) · az genetika (branch of biology) · ckb جێنەتیک (branch of biology) · kn ತಳಿವಿಜ್ಞಾನ (branch of biology) · ta மரபியல் (branch of biology) · ext genética (branch of biology) · ast xenética (branch of biology) · uk гене́тика (branch of biology) · cmn 遺傳學 /遗传学 (branch of biology) · et geneetika (branch of biology) · eu genetika (branch of biology) · id genetika (genetic makeup of a specific individual or species) · hi अनुवांशिकी (branch of biology) · fi perinnöllisyystiede (branch of biology) · hy գենետիկա (branch of biology) · sh генѐтика (branch of biology) · ja 遺伝学 (branch of biology) · xmf გენეტიკა (branch of biology) · da genetik (branch of biology) · mn удам зүй (branch of biology) · el γενετική (branch of biology) · ka გენეტიკა (branch of biology) · nl erfelijkheidsleer (branch of biology) · ro genetică (branch of biology) · eo genetiko (genetic makeup of a specific individual or species) · tr genetik (branch of biology) · su génétika (branch of biology) · it genetica (branch of biology) · nn nedervingslære (branch of biology) · cv генетика (branch of biology) · cs genetika (branch of biology) · ga géinitic (genetic makeup of a specific individual or species) · mn генетик (branch of biology) · de Genetik (branch of biology) · ms genetik (branch of biology) · km ពន្ធុវិទ្យា (branch of biology) · de Genetik (genetic makeup of a specific individual or species) · vi di truyền học (branch of biology) · sl genetika (branch of biology) · gl xenética (branch of biology) · sq gjenetika (branch of biology) · eo genetiko (branch of biology) · el γενετική (genetic makeup of a specific individual or species) · mn удамшлын судлал (branch of biology) · vo geredav (branch of biology) · ky генетика (branch of biology) · bn বংশাণুবিজ্ঞান (branch of biology) · ba генетика (branch of biology) · ur جینیات (branch of biology) · hu genetika (branch of biology) · tl henetika (branch of biology) · gd gintinneachd (branch of biology) · fy erflikheidslear (branch of biology) · sv ärftlighetslära (branch of biology) · is erfðagreining (branch of biology) · my မျိုးရိုးပညာ (branch of biology) · cy geneteg (branch of biology) · sq gjenetikë (branch of biology) · is erfðafræði (branch of biology) · af genetika (branch of biology) · ar عِلْمُ وِرَاثَة (branch of biology) · tg офаринишшиносӣ (branch of biology) · lo ພັນທຸສາດ (branch of biology) · nan-hbl 遺傳學 /遗传学 (branch of biology) · pnb جینیٹکس (branch of biology) · th พันธุศาสตร์ (branch of biology) · io genetiko (branch of biology) · sn ruambamabari (branch of biology) · io genetiko (genetic makeup of a specific individual or species) · fa ژنتیک (branch of biology) · nb arvelighetslære (branch of biology) · ml ജനിതകശാസ്ത്രം (branch of biology) · ca genètica (branch of biology) · be генэ́тыка (branch of biology) · yue 遺傳學 /遗传学 (branch of biology) · ms kaji baka (branch of biology) · es genética (branch of biology) · nn nedarvingslære (branch of biology) · oc genetica (branch of biology) · ht jenetik (branch of biology) · chr ᎤᎾᏓᏰᎶᏒ ᎠᎦᏎᏍᏔᏅ (branch of biology) · nb genetikk (branch of biology) · gcr jénétik (branch of biology) · ru гене́тика (branch of biology) · bg гене́тика (branch of biology) · sk genetika (branch of biology) · si ප්රවේණි විද්යාව (branch of biology) · fo arvagreining (branch of biology) · sah генетика (branch of biology) · sv genetik (branch of biology) · ar وِرَاثِيَّات (branch of biology) · be гене́тыка (branch of biology) · de Vererbungslehre (branch of biology)