molecular genetics
noun
plural in form but singular in construction
: a branch of genetics dealing with the structure and activity of genetic material at the molecular level
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The Buffalo terrorist also cited cutting-edge research in molecular genetics that is not explicitly racist. 
Emily Klancher Merchant, STAT, 23 June 2022 Victor DiRita is professor and chair of microbiology and molecular genetics at Michigan State University and past president of the American Society for Microbiology. Victor Dirita, STAT, 25 Dec. 2021 For Paul Duprex, a professor of microbiology and molecular genetics at the University of Pittsburgh and one of the senior authors on that study, expanding the menu of nanobodies that could treat Covid represents an important advance. Grace Huckins, Wired, 29 Sep. 2021 Carolyn Coyne, a professor of molecular genetics and biology at Duke University, previously told USA TODAY that spike proteins do stay in the body for some time. Daniel Funke, USA TODAY, 9 June 2021 Amid the pandemic, Farah defended her masters in molecular genetics at the University of Toronto in Canada. 500 Women Scientists, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2021 James Jerome Youngblom, a Cal State Stanislaus biology professor admired for his research in molecular genetics, died while hiking alone in Yosemite National Park. Melissa Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2021 But none of these viruses can be affected by the COVID-19 vaccines, said Seema Lakdawala, an assistant professor of microbiology and molecular genetics at the University of Pittsburgh. Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 18 May 2021 Vaughn Cooper, a professor of microbiology and molecular genetics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, said that greater genomic sequencing a few weeks earlier could have made a difference with a virus that grows exponentially. David Hogberg, Washington Examiner, 13 Apr. 2021 See More
Emily Klancher Merchant, STAT, 23 June 2022 Victor DiRita is professor and chair of microbiology and molecular genetics at Michigan State University and past president of the American Society for Microbiology. Victor Dirita, STAT, 25 Dec. 2021 For Paul Duprex, a professor of microbiology and molecular genetics at the University of Pittsburgh and one of the senior authors on that study, expanding the menu of nanobodies that could treat Covid represents an important advance. Grace Huckins, Wired, 29 Sep. 2021 Carolyn Coyne, a professor of molecular genetics and biology at Duke University, previously told USA TODAY that spike proteins do stay in the body for some time. Daniel Funke, USA TODAY, 9 June 2021 Amid the pandemic, Farah defended her masters in molecular genetics at the University of Toronto in Canada. 500 Women Scientists, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2021 James Jerome Youngblom, a Cal State Stanislaus biology professor admired for his research in molecular genetics, died while hiking alone in Yosemite National Park. Melissa Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2021 But none of these viruses can be affected by the COVID-19 vaccines, said Seema Lakdawala, an assistant professor of microbiology and molecular genetics at the University of Pittsburgh. Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 18 May 2021 Vaughn Cooper, a professor of microbiology and molecular genetics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, said that greater genomic sequencing a few weeks earlier could have made a difference with a virus that grows exponentially. David Hogberg, Washington Examiner, 13 Apr. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1963, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
molecular genetics
noun, plural in form but singular in construction
: a branch of genetics dealing with the structure and activity of genetic material at the molecular level