English Explanatory Dictionary

genetics

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The branch of biology that deals with the transmission and variation of inherited characteristics, in particular chromosomes and DNA.
  2. The genetic makeup of a specific individual or species.

Pronunciation

/dʒəˈnɛt.ɪks/ /dʒɪ-/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-genetics.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-genetics.wav /ˈdʒɛ.nə.ʈɪks/ /ˈdʒɛn.ʈɪks/

Word forms

genetics

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

genes

Derived words

anthropogenetics antigenetics archaeogenetics biogenetics cardiogenetics chemogenetics cytogenetics demogenetics dysgenetics ecogenetics epigenetics evolutionary genetics forward genetics genethics geogenetics immunogenetics landscape genetics magnetogenetics memetics metagenetics molecular genetics morphogenetics nephrogenetics neurogenetics oncogenetics optogenetics orthogenetics palaeogenetics paleogenetics pathogenetics pharmacogenetics phenogenetics population genetics psychogenetics quantitative genetics radiogenetics reprogenetics reverse genetics sociogenetics sonogenetics telegenetics therapygenetics thermogenetics toxicogenetics
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