单词 | genetics |
释义 | geneticsn.ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] > doctrine or study of origins archologya1834 genetics1872 protology1880 1872 F. Hall Rec. Exempl. False Philol. 101 Nor are his notions of verbal genetics at all less superficial than his acquaintance with practical precedents. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > study of society > [noun] > other branches social history1814 social geography1828 social dynamics1843 social statics1843 socio-economics1893 genetics1896 biosociology1897 social engineering1899 social morphology1899 psychosociology1902 socionomics1902 political sociology1905 sociobiology1912 social planning1913 social constructionist1925 futurology1946 sociobiology1946 structural anthropology1950 squalorology1961 proxemics1963 future research1969 women's studies1969 future study1971 social constructionism1976 social constructivism1981 1896 L. F. Ward in Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 2 248 But there is a shorter adjective form telic which is preferable to teleological, and possesses the advantage of being converted into the name of a science, telics, as proposed by Dr. Small. These two words may be conveniently set over against genetic and genetics. 3. Biology. With singular agreement. The scientific study of inherited variation in living organisms, and of the cellular and molecular processes responsible for this; the branch of biology concerned with this. Also (with singular or plural agreement): genetic characteristics or features (of an organism, species, disease, process, etc.).bean-bag, population genetics, etc.: see the first element. Also cytogenetics n., immunogenetics n. at immuno- comb. form 1, pharmacogenetics n., radiogenetics n., etc. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > study > [noun] > genetics genetics1905 the world > life > biology > study > [noun] > other biological studies economy1683 parthenology1853 phenology1884 genetics1905 behavioural science1937 anthrozoology1992 1905 W. Bateson Let. 18 Apr. in B. Bateson W. Bateson (1928) 93 The best title would, I think, be ‘The Quick Professorship of the study of Heredity’. No single word in common use quite gives this meaning.., and if it were desirable to coin one, ‘Genetics’ might do. 1907 Daily Chron. 23 Feb. 9/3 The..International Conference on Genetics. 1930 R. A. Fisher Genetical Theory Nat. Selection p. viii That an independent study of natural selection is now possible is principally due to the great advance which our generation has seen in the science of genetics. 1949 C. D. Darlington & K. Mather Elements of Genetics 15 These inborn causes..have to be defined as materials or processes whose behaviour and effects we can predict and control. This is the aim and scope of genetics. 1952 C. P. Blacker Eugenics: Galton & After x. 234 The second province of science (cytology) on which genetics is founded is concerned with the internal structure of the cell, especially of its nucleus. 1968 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 15 Feb. 345/1 Three..persons in the United States with serum alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency and familial emphysema were studied to define the genetics of this protein deficiency. 1991 Blitz Sept. 84/1 Me genetics are perfect, I'm pure mesomorph... I'm not built for swimming or twatting around on a running track. 1993 Washington Post (National Weekly ed.) 12 Apr. 38/1 This is the first time that the genetics of African wildlife has been probed in detail. 2005 New Yorker 5 Dec. 66/2 A case for evolution that was thrilling in its breadth (evidence from homology, modern genetics, molecular biology, the fossil record) and satisfying in its detail. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1872 |
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