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单词 genetics
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geneticsn.

Brit. /dʒᵻˈnɛtɪks/, U.S. /dʒəˈnɛdɪks/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: genetic adj.
Etymology: < genetic adj.: see -ic suffix 2. With sense 3 compare slightly later genetic adj. 3, gene n.2
1. With plural agreement. The principles or laws of origination. Obsolete. rare.
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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.
2. Sociology. With singular agreement. The study of natural development when not complicated by human interference. Obsolete. rare.
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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.
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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).
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