genetics

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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.

Konzepte

Genetik

Vererbungslehre

Synonyme

genetic science

study of heredity

Genetics

Übersetzungen

genética

genetica

génétique

γενετική

genética

genètica

علم الوراثة

genetica

genetica

erfelijkheidsleer

genetik

jenetik

عِلم ألوراثه

الوِراثِيَّات

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/d͡ʒɛˈnɛ.tɪks/

Etymologie (Englisch)

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.