genetics

Significat (Anglès)

1. (uncountable) The branch of biology that deals with the transmission and variation of inherited characteristics, in particular chromosomes and DNA.
2. (uncountable) The genetic makeup of a specific individual or species.

Conceptes

genètica

Sinònims

genetic science

study of heredity

Genetics

Traduccions

Genetik

génétique

genetica

genética

γενετική

genética

علم الوراثة

genetica

Vererbungslehre

genetik

erfelijkheidsleer

genetica

jenetik

عِلم ألوراثه

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/d͡ʒɛˈnɛ.tɪks/

Etimologia (Anglès)

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.