geneticsnoun [ U ]
uk/dʒəˈnet.ɪks/us/dʒəˈnet̬.ɪks/B2 the study of how, in all living things, the characteristics and qualities of parents are given to their children by their genes
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Genetics
- adenine
- anaphase
- chromosomal
- chromosome
- codon
- deoxyribonucleic acid
- double helix
- gene therapy
- genetic code
- GMO
- heredity
- homozygous
- inheritance
- oncogene
- recessive
- ribosomal RNA
- ribosome
- sex chromosome
- synapsis
- translocation
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Examples from literature
- Another reason for the high number of newly discovered species is genetics.