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English
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
genetics (uncountable)
- (biology) The branch of biology that deals with the transmission and variation of inherited characteristics, in particular chromosomes and DNA.
1908, William Bateson, The Methods and Scope of Genetics: An Inaugural Lecture Delivered 23 October 1908:If we want to raise mangels that will not run to seed, or to breed a cow that will give more milk in less time, or milk with more butter and less water, we can turn to Genetics with every hope that something can be done in these laudable directions.
2017, Adam Rutherford, A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived, The Experiment, →ISBN, page 263: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.
- (biology) The genetic makeup of a specific individual or species.
- Synonym: genes
2005, Mark Linden O’Meara, The Feeling Soul: A Roadmap to Healing and Living, Soul Care Publishing, →ISBN, page 45: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.
2006, Jay Irvin, Fire Your Doctor!: How and When to be Your Own Best Medical Advisor, →ISBN, page 18:This amazing occurrence made my head go bong to say the least; it was obvious that Elizabeth had not been “schizophrenic” because of her genetics, nor because of stress, nor malnutrition, nor hypoglycemia, nor because of any of the causes of mental illness that I had learned and rectify, but because of food allergies
2010, Mike Furches, The Keystone Kids, →ISBN, page 238:Anthony knew he could excel in boxing because of his genetics. He fought 168 pounds and fought in fights around the Tri-Cities.
Derived terms
Translations
branch of biology
- Afrikaans: genetika
- Albanian: gjenetikë (sq) f, gjenetika f
- Arabic: عِلْمُ وِرَاثَة m (ʕilmu wirāṯa), وِرَاثِيَّات pl (wirāṯiyyāt)
- Aragonese: chenetica f
- Armenian: գենետիկա (hy) (genetika)
- Asturian: xenética f
- Azerbaijani: genetika
- Bashkir: генетика (genetika)
- Basque: genetika (eu)
- Belarusian: гене́тыка f (hjenjétyka), генэ́тыка f (hjenétyka)
- Bengali: বংশাণুবিজ্ঞান (boṅśanubiggên)
- Breton: genetik
- Bulgarian: гене́тика f (genétika)
- Burmese: မျိုးရိုးပညာ (myui:rui:pa.nya), မျိုးရိုးဗီဇပညာ (myui:rui:bija.pa.nya)
- Catalan: genètica (ca) f
- Chechen: генетика (genetika)
- Cherokee: ᎤᎾᏓᏰᎶᏒ ᎠᎦᏎᏍᏔᏅ (unadayelosv agasestanv)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 遺傳學/遗传学 (wai4 cyun4 hok6)
- Hokkien: 遺傳學/遗传学 (î-toân-ha̍k, ûi-thoân-ha̍k, ûi-toân-ha̍k)
- Mandarin: 遺傳學/遗传学 (zh) (yíchuánxué)
- Chuvash: генетика (genet̬ik̬a)
- Czech: genetika (cs) f
- Danish: genetik (da) c
- Dutch: genetica (nl) f, erfelijkheidsleer (nl) f
- Esperanto: genetiko
- Estonian: geneetika
- Extremaduran: genética
- Faroese: arvagreining
- Finnish: perinnöllisyystiede (fi), genetiikka (fi)
- French: génétique (fr) f
- Galician: xenética (gl) f
- Georgian: გენეტიკა (geneṭiḳa)
- German: Genetik (de) f, Vererbungslehre f
- Greek: γενετική (el) f (genetikí)
- Guianese Creole: jénétik
- Haitian Creole: jenetik
- Hebrew: גֶּנֶטִיקָה (he) f (genétika)
- Hindi: आनुवंशिकी f (ānuvañśikī)
- Hungarian: genetika (hu)
- Icelandic: erfðafræði f, erfðagreining f
- Ido: genetiko (io)
- Indonesian: genetika (id)
- Interlingua: genetica
- Irish: géineolaíocht f
- Italian: genetica (it) f
- Jamaican Creole: jinetix
- Japanese: 遺伝学 (ja) (いでんがく, idengaku)
- Kannada: ತಳಿವಿಜ್ಞಾನ (kn) (taḷivijñāna)
- Kazakh: генетика (genetika)
- Khmer: ពន្ធុវិទ្យា (pŏənthuʼ vɨcciə)
- Korean: 유전학(遺傳學) (ko) (yujeonhak)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: جێنەتیک (cênetîk)
- Kyrgyz: генетика (ky) (genetika)
- Lao: ພັນທຸສາດ (lo) (phan thu sāt)
- Latvian: ģenētika f
- Lithuanian: genetika f
- Luxembourgish: Geneetik f
- Macedonian: генетика f (genetika)
- Malay: genetik (ms), kaji baka
- Malayalam: ജനിതകശാസ്ത്രം (janitakaśāstraṁ)
- Mingrelian: გენეტიკა (geneṭiḳa)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: генетик (genetik), удам зүй (udam züj), удамшлын судлал (udamšlyn sudlal) (China)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: genetikk (no) m, arvelighetslære m or f
- Nynorsk: genetikk m, arvelære f, nedarvingslære f, nedervingslære f
- Occitan: genetica (oc) f
- Oromo: jeneetiik
- Pashto: جنتیک
- Persian: ژنتیک (fa) (ženetik)
- Polish: genetyka (pl) f
- Portuguese: genética (pt) f
- Quechua: hinitika
- Romanian: genetică (ro) f
- Russian: гене́тика (ru) f (genɛ́tika)
- Scottish Gaelic: gintinneachd f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: генѐтика f
- Roman: genètika (sh) f
- Shona: ruambamabari
- Sinhalese: ප්රවේණි විද්යාව (prawēṇi widyāwa)
- Slovak: genetika (sk) f
- Slovene: genetika (sl) f
- Spanish: genética (es) f
- Sundanese: génétika
- Swahili: jenetiki
- Swedish: genetik (sv) c, ärftlighetslära (sv) c, ärftlighetsforskning c
- Tagalog: henetika
- Tajik: генетика (genetika), офаринишшиносӣ (ofariniššinosī)
- Tamil: மரபியல் (ta) (marapiyal)
- Telugu: జన్యుశాస్త్రం (janyuśāstraṁ)
- Thai: พันธุศาสตร์ (pan-tú-sàat)
- Turkish: genetik (tr)
- Tuvan: генетика (genetika)
- Ukrainian: гене́тика f (henétyka)
- Urdu: جینیات (jenyāt)
- Uzbek: genetika (uz)
- Vietnamese: di truyền học (遺傳學)
- Volapük: geredav
- Welsh: genetig f, geneteg f
- West Frisian: erflikheidslear
- Western Panjabi: جینیٹکس
- Yakut: генетика (genetika)
- Yiddish: גענעטיק f (genetik)
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genetic makeup of a specific individual or species
See also
Occitan
Adjective
genetics
- masculine plural of genetic