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genetics

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"Heredity study"

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8 lettersPronunciation /dʒəˈnɛt.ɪks/Part of speech nounSorted ceeginstStarts with GEnds with S1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • Genetics has shown that people are different, and these differences cluster according to geography and culture, but never in a way that aligns with the traditional concepts of human races.
  • As a result of your father’s, mother’s, and their parents genetics, you are born with a genetic structure that is dealt to you at conception. […] Our ancestry determines our genetics.
  • Anthony knew he could excel in boxing because of his genetics. He fought 168 pounds and fought in fights around the Tri-Cities.

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