plural noun

• 1The study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics.

  ‘I take this to be an invitation to actively study genetics, atmospheric sciences and geology and so on.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘In doing so it has removed many of the limitations in the study of human genetics.’
  • ‘The study of genetics confirms that we are all extremely closely related biologically.’
  • ‘So I suppose it was the natural progression of my studies in genetics to concentrate on horses.’
  • ‘Karen hopes to study genetics and work with the cows she so loves when she completes her studies.’
  • ‘Mueller applied for the program because she too may pursue genetics in later studies.’
  • ‘Genomics is an accelerating and complex step in the longer history of molecular biology and genetics.’
  • ‘I don't know much about biology or genetics, but don't reptiles have pretty adaptive DNA?’
  • ‘He worked on convex functions, the Laplace transform, number theory and the mathematical theory of genetics.’
  • ‘Not every problem in formal genetics can be resolved just with clear thinking and tests.’
  • ‘The intervening years had seen advances in the study of pure biology at the microscopic level in parallel with advances in genetics.’
  • ‘The other approach is to study molecular evolutionary genetics to assess the evolutionary history of the gene.’
  • ‘Classical quantitative genetics has applied linear modeling to the problem of mapping genotypic to phenotypic variation.’
  • ‘Multivariate models are of great importance in applied, evolutionary, and theoretical quantitative genetics.’
  • ‘In the first half of the twentieth century, Darwinian evolution and Mendelian genetics were not popular subjects in France.’
  • ‘Characterizing the molecular basis of adaptation is one of the most important goals in modern evolutionary genetics.’
  • ‘Research in the area of behavioural genetics has raised many dilemmas in recent years.’
  • ‘The genetic analysis of quantitative traits using DNA markers is a landmark feature in the field of plant genetics.’
  • ‘Thus, it is perplexing that this type of work has been ignored in quantitative genetics.’
  • ‘I recommend this book to students who wish to pursue a career in human molecular genetics.’

  Synonyms

  congenital characteristics, congenital traits, genetics, genetic make-up, genes

  1. 1.1treated as singular or plural The genetic properties or features of an organism, characteristic, etc.
     ‘the effects of family genetics on the choice of career’
     More example sentences

     • ‘Illnesses and atrocities occur with a frequency related to the country you were born in and your own genetics.’
     • ‘The first papers on plant molecular population genetics were published approximately 10 years ago.’
     • ‘To understand further the genetics underlying pulmonary function, we analyzed data from 264 individuals from 26 pedigrees.’
     • ‘Naturopathic philosophy also suggests that genetics determine underlying susceptibility to disease or dysfunction, but not actual disease manifestation.’
     • ‘Structural alterations of DNA, such as deletions, produce valuable null mutations for plant genetics.’
     • ‘Understanding the genetics of this radiation resistance became the subject of her Ph.D. dissertation.’
     • ‘Wild populations provide novel opportunities for the understanding of the genetics of quantitative traits.’
     • ‘However, the genetics of a naturally early leaf defoliation trait in wild cotton was not studied.’
     • ‘We calculate several statistics that characterize the genetics of adaptation.’
     • ‘Scientists have long suspected genetics play a role in the onset of the disease.’
     • ‘He studied the genetics of this condition and found it was due to a single dominant gene.’
     • ‘We know that genetics and heredity plays a part for a significant number of children.’
     • ‘By studying the genetics of aging, scientists are traversing the road to immortality’
     • ‘His team are using fruit flies to study the genetics of cocaine and other addictive drugs.’
     • ‘He believes that some of the more dangerous ideas come from who we are, our genetics, psychology and our own free will.’
     • ‘Whether it had been genetics from his parents or a random act of nature was never revealed to him.’
     • ‘He is currently working with colleagues on the neuropsychology and the genetics of mathematical abilities.’
     • ‘A predisposition to obesity can come from genetics or an imbalance of body chemistry.’
     • ‘Numerous studies have been conducted on the genetics of various populations in India.’
     • ‘The MRC Unit has been involved in studies of the neurochemistry and genetics of OCD.’