genetics

B1 Topic:Biology & Genetics

US /dʒəˈnɛtɪks/ UK /dʒəˈnɛt.ɪks/ See IPA manual

Freq #15499

Meanings

1

noun
The branch of biology that studies how characteristics are passed from parents to children.

She is studying genetics at university and hopes to work in medicine.
2

noun
The particular set of genes that an individual or species has.

His height comes down to his genetics rather than his diet.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the branch of biology that... genetic science

2 noun · the particular set of genes... genes

Word family

Derived forms anthropogeneticsantigeneticsarchaeogeneticsbiogeneticscardiogeneticschemogeneticscytogeneticsdemogeneticsdysgeneticsecogeneticsepigeneticsgenethics

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molecular genetics
the study of genetic material and its activity at the molecular level

Adjective + noun

Etymology

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.

γένεσις Ancient Greek

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Topics

Biology & Genetics Science & Research

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# genetics

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /dʒəˈnɛtɪks/
**IPA (UK):** /dʒəˈnɛt.ɪks/
**Frequency rank:** 15499

## Meanings
1. The branch of biology that studies how characteristics are passed from parents to children.
2. The particular set of genes that an individual or species has.

## Examples
- She is studying genetics at university and hopes to work in medicine.
- His height comes down to his genetics rather than his diet.

## Derived Forms
- anthropogenetics
- antigenetics
- archaeogenetics
- biogenetics
- cardiogenetics
- chemogenetics
- cytogenetics
- demogenetics
- dysgenetics
- ecogenetics
- epigenetics
- genethics

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: γένεσις

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Genetics comes 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. In current use, the main senses are “The branch of biology that studies how characteristics are passed from parents to children” and “The particular set of genes that an individual or species has”.

## Topics
- Biology & Genetics
- Science & Research

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