genetics

(Αγγλικός)

  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.

Συχνότητα

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Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/d͡ʒɛˈnɛ.tɪks/
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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.

Related words

γενετική

γενεσιολογία

genetic science

study of heredity

Genetics

genetyka

علم الوراثة

Vererbungslehre

genetica

genetik

jenetik

عِلم ألوراثه

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