genetics

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

genética

Sinónimos

genetic science

study of heredity

Genetics

Traducciones

Genetik

génétique

genetica

γενετική

genética

genètica

علم الوراثة

genetica

Vererbungslehre

genetica

genetik

erfelijkheidsleer

jenetik

عِلم ألوراثه

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/d͡ʒɛˈnɛ.tɪks/

Etimología (Inglés)

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.