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