| Title | genetics |
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ge·net·ics DATE 1905 1. a branch of biology that deals with the heredity and variation of organisms 2. the genetic makeup and phenomena of an organism, type, group, or condition Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 genetics gen·et·ics / dVE5netiks / noun[U] the scientific study of the ways in which different characteristics are passed from each generation of living things to the next 遗传学 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English genetics noun ADJ. evolutionary | molecular | medical | human, plant | population | Mendelian PHRASES the science of genetics • Note at SUBJECT (for verbs and nouns) Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged ge·net·ics \]iks, ]ēks\ noun plural but singular in construction 1. a. : a branch of biology that deals with the heredity and variation of organisms and with the mechanisms by which these are effected b. : a treatise or textbook on this subject 2. : the genetic makeup and phenomena of an organism, type, group, or condition < the genetics of drosophila > 3. : genesis < the psychological analysis of religious experience; its geneticsand causal conditions — F.P.Clarke > < a classification of clouds based on … their physical and meteorological genetics and structure — D.W.Perrie > |
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