adjective

• 1Relating to genes or heredity.

  ‘genetic abnormalities’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Nowadays we are more likely to think of them as genes or the genetic inheritance.’
  • ‘Path diagram for a genetic network of nine genes reconstructed from yeast cell cycle data.’
  • ‘On the other hand, red sea bream had large gene flow and small genetic differentiation.’
  • ‘Its evolution is at play here and we are designed to find a partner that increase the genetic strength of the gene pool.’
  • ‘The variant genes that cause recessive genetic illnesses tend to be very rare.’
  • ‘Their cancer might have had nothing to do with genetic mutations of healthy genes.’
  • ‘Asthma has a genetic component, but genes alone do not account for the recent increase.’
  • ‘All of these characters make this species useful as a source of genes for improving the genetic diversity of cultivated wheat.’
  • ‘They investigated genetic variations in the gene regulating the enzyme and looked at the impact on farmers.’
  • ‘We're stuck with our genes and our genetic make-up constrains how we react to the world.’
  • ‘In this case the child needs both copies of a particular gene to develop the genetic condition.’
  • ‘Although we are a reflection of our genetic inheritance, we are more than our genes.’
  • ‘The proportion of neonatal deaths attributed to major genetic or congenital abnormalities has increased.’
  • ‘In the course of the study, we decided to include genetic polymorphisms of DNA repair genes.’
  • ‘She said that while multiple sclerosis was not hereditary or genetic there was a greater chance of developing it if a parent was a sufferer.’
  • ‘This enables scientists to test DNA in embryos before they are implanted for genetic abnormalities.’
  • ‘Two major kinds of genetic change can affect rates at which genes are expressed.’
  • ‘Dogs having or producing pups which have genetic eye abnormalities should not be bred.’
  • ‘There is currently no way to screen out all the genetic abnormalities likely to be present in a cloned embryo.’
  • ‘You just can't know whether it's genetic or it's cultural or a combination of both.’

  Synonyms

  genetic, genetical, congenital, inborn, inherent, inherited, inbred, innate, in the family, in the blood, in the genes

  1. 1.1Relating to genetics.
     ‘there are fears that genetic techniques could be abused’
     More example sentences

     • ‘An astonishing number of biochemical and genetic techniques are available to study chromatin behavior.’
     • ‘It is now cited as the primary source for many basic genetic techniques and approaches.’
     • ‘The genetic algorithm technique can work, but only because programmers have supplied the goal.’
     • ‘His research has relied predominantly on genetic and molecular biology techniques.’
     • ‘There is a report of some recent genetic research at Gene Expression which seems to me to be overinterpreted.’
     • ‘Researchers have tried various genetic or gene engineering methods to increase photosynthetic ability.’
     • ‘After this, genetic analysis for abnormalities in known genes will be done.’
     • ‘This is a problem common to any population genetic analysis in a nonrecombining region.’
     • ‘They also used a cell culture model and performed genetic analysis in human patients.’
     • ‘Ecotypes such as Ler, that have been traditionally used for genetic studies, come from that region.’
     • ‘To date, the genetic debate has taken place in the language of the newspaper headline.’
     • ‘That applies surely to the uses of genetic knowledge and technology in relation to all species.’
     • ‘Such families are rare for the common diseases now at the centre of genetic epidemiological research.’
     • ‘Well in this genetic research there are ethical questions that arise from it.’
     • ‘The genetic symbols of the yellow alleles and their origin were described elsewhere.’
     • ‘As a first step, a single gene deletion would be advantageous for reverse genetic analysis.’
     • ‘With the discovery of the gene a simple and accurate genetic test became available.’
     • ‘This one explores genetic science, in particular the ethics of selecting genes for our children.’
     • ‘Only those loci with two or more alleles were included in the population genetic analysis.’
     • ‘The role of the bicoid gene was first elucidated by a combination of genetic and physical experiments on the Drosophila embryo.’
• 2Relating to origin, or arising from a common origin.

  ‘the genetic relations between languages’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Numerals and verbs are a very important part of identifying the genetic affiliations of a language.’
  • ‘In general, only when the genetic language is translated can we understand what it means.’
  • ‘Field relations also rule out a direct genetic link between mantle peridotites and upper crustal rocks exposed on the island.’
  • ‘A genetic relationship between the volcanic units of the Grensen Nose area and tectonics has not been suggested here.’

  Synonyms

  racial, race-related