genetics

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genetics

/dʒəˈnɛt.ɪks/ UK, US
/dʒɪ-/ UK, US
/ˈdʒɛ.nə.ʈɪks/ South Asia
/ˈdʒɛn.ʈɪks/ South Asia

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “origin”). Coined by English biologist William Bateson in 1905 in a letter to zoologist Adam Sedgwick, and first used publicly by Bateson at a lecture to the International Conference on Plant Hybridization in 1906.

noun

uncountable The branch of biology that deals with the transmission and variation of inherited characteristics, in particular chromosomes and DNA. If we want to raise mangels that will not run to seed, or to breed a cow that will give more milk in less time, or milk with more butter and less water, we can turn to Genetics with every hope that something can be done in these laudable directions.
uncountable The genetic makeup of a specific individual or species. As a result of your father’s, mother’s, and their parents genetics, you are born with a genetic structure that is dealt to you at conception. […] Our ancestry determines our genetics.
Similar: genes

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: genetic science, gene, genomics, dna, genomic, breeding, cancer, inheritance, genes, geneticists, eugenics, heredity, cytogenetics, epigenetics, genotyping, genealogy

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noun branch of biology

Español	genética
한국어	유전학 yujeonhak
日本語	遺伝学 idengaku
中文	遺傳學 /遗传学 yíchuánxué
हिन्दी	अनुवांशिकी anuvāñśikī
Kiswahili	jenetiki
Português	genética
Français	génétique
Deutsch	Genetik, Vererbungslehre
Italiano	genetica
Ελληνικά	γενετική genetikí
Română	genetică
Русский	гене́тика genɛ́tika
Tiếng Việt	di truyền học
العربية	عِلْمُ وِرَاثَة ʕilmu wirāṯa, وِرَاثِيَّات wirāṯiyyāt
עברית	גֶּנֶטִיקָה genétika

noun genetic makeup of a specific individual or species

日本語	遺伝的特性 identekitokusei
Deutsch	Genetik
Ελληνικά	γενετική genetikí

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@misc{genetics_2026,
  title = {genetics},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/genetics},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}