With singular agreement. (The study of) the arrangement of human reproduction in order to increase the proportion of characteristics regarded as…

That part of biology which treats of the propagation or breeding of domestic animals and plants.

the practice of trying to prevent the birth of children to persons considered defective or in some way unfit to be parents.

The branch of biology concerned with the relationships between the genotype and phenotype of an organism.

With singular agreement: the scientific study of the genetics of cells; spec. the study of the structure and function of chromosomes. Also (with sin…

The alteration of the genome of an organism by laboratory techniques, esp. by the insertion, alteration, or removal of a gene, in order to produce…

With singular agreement: the study of the effects of ionizing radiation on the structure and function of genetic material; = radiation genetics n. at…

the branch of biology that deals with the patterns and causes of diversity within and among populations, esp. as regards their ecology…

the branch of genetics that deals mathematically with the distribution of and change in gene frequencies in populations from one generation to…

the study of genetic characteristics as detected by serological and other immunological techniques; (later also) the study of the genetic aspects…

= genetic engineering, n.

The study of archaeological remains using techniques of molecular biology, esp. to identify and sequence residual DNA. Also: genetic relationships or…