Genetics

Definition: Genetics

Genetics

Noun

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

Date "genetics" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Genetics

Domain	Definitions
Medicine	The biological science that deals with the phenomena and mechanisms of heredity. Source: European Union. (references)
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Synonym: Genetics

Synonym: genetic science (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Genetics

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Life	Genetics, heredity, inheritance, evolution, natural selection, reproduction (production).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Genetics

English words defined with "genetics": August Friedrich Leopold Weismann ♦ chromosome mapping ♦ filial ♦ genetic, genetical, geneticist, genomics, Gregor Johann Mendel, Gregor Mendel ♦ Haldane ♦ J. B. S. Haldane, John Burdon Sanderson Haldane ♦ linkage ♦ mapping, Mendel, Mendel's law, molecular genetics ♦ parental ♦ recombination ♦ tetrahymena, transcription, transduction, translation ♦ unit character ♦ Weismann. (references)

Specialty definitions using "genetics": Adenosine Deaminase, ANIMAL BREEDER ♦ Caenorhabditis, CYTOGENETIC TECHNOLOGIST, Cytogenetics ♦ forest genetics ♦ GBML, genetic algorithm, Genetic Techniques, Genetics, Behavioral, Genetics, Biochemical, Genetics, Medical, Genetics, Microbial, Genetics, Population, Gentamicins ♦ Immunogenetics, island model of population genetics ♦ life sciences, Luminescence, Bacterial ♦ Mice, Knockout, Molecular Probes ♦ Pharmacogenetics, PLANT BREEDER ♦ Roslin Institute ♦ The Genetics Forum. (references)

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Modern Usage: Genetics

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Serial killers, mass murderers, it's all genetics. Inevitability. (Millennium; writing credit: Eric Knight)
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Commercial Usage: Genetics

Domain	Title
References	DeCODE genetics, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Interleukin Genetics, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Myriad Genetics, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Targeted Genetics Corpn: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Lexicon Genetics Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Aneuploidy: Oxford Monographs on Medical Genetics Number Eleven (reference) The Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Genetics, Pathophysiology, and Molecular Biology (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, V.800) (reference) Genetics and the Behavior of Domestic Animals (reference) Genetic Dissection of Complex Traits (Advances in Genetics, Volume 42) (reference) Phenylketonuria and some other inborn errors of amino acid metabolism: biochemistry, genetics, diagnosis, therapy (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	American Journal Of Human Genetics (reference) Annual Review Of Genetics (reference) Fungal Genetics Newsletter (reference) Genetics (reference) Genetics In Medicine (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Alcohol And Genetics (reference) Anatomy & Genetics (Spanish Language Edition) (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Virtual Audio Project: Genetics (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Image Slideshow: Genetics

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Photo Album: Genetics

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Shows photo of Dr. E. C. MacDowell and associates at the Carnegie Institute of Washington, Department of Genetics studying hereditary pattern of leukemia in 1935.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.		Chief, Biostatistics BranchDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics See also http://dceg.cancer.gov/biographies/Gail.html.Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).
	These ears of corn demonstrate some of the differences mutations maintained at the Maize Genetics Cooperation Stock Center. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller..		Recent Studies of Huntington's Disease : Marjorie Guthrie Lecture in Genetics / sponsored by [NINCDS] and [NIGMS].Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	Iowa State College. Ames, Iowa. In the genetics laboratory.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Genetics

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		American Journal of Human Genetics. (references)
		One important reason has to do with genetics. (references)
		One area of research involving genetics is gene therapy. (references)
Economic History	Vietnam	Several U.S. companies have already established a small market for swine genetics. (references)
	Argentina	Argentina has shown to be a very good market for superior animal genetics, especially semen. (references)
	Argentina	Imports of dairy genetics, among other factors, have shown to improve farmers' productivity. (references)
Trade	Guatemala	Livestock and animal genetics are covered under this program. (references)
	Cote D'ivoire	The USDA's West Africa Regional GSM-102 Credit Guarantee Program provides access to financing for imports of wheat, rice, feed grains, vegetable oil, protein meal, livestock genetics , forest products, and dairy products. (references)
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Spoken Usage: Genetics

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Dennis Miller	Because the truth is, the secret to building the ideal American family has nothing to do with gender or genetics or color.
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Usage Frequency: Genetics

"Genetics" is generally used as a noun (common) -- approximately 68.47% of the time. "Genetics" is used about 295 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (common)	68.47%	202	21,454
Noun (plural)	19.66%	58	44,427
Noun (singular)	10.85%	32	61,292
Noun (proper)	1.02%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	295	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Genetics

Country	Name
USA	Lexicon Genetics Incorporated
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Genetics

Expressions using "genetics": forest genetics ♦ island model of population genetics ♦ molecular genetics ♦ The Genetics Forum. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "genetics": genetics-supply.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Genetics

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
genetics	970
human genetics	215
targeted genetics	58
myriad genetics	41
lexicon genetics	41
nature genetics	38
american journal of human genetics	37
eye color genetics	35
molecular genetics	34
seattle genetics	30
cancer genetics	28
genetics xenon	27
alcoholism genetics	22
homosexuality genetics	22
mendelian genetics	22
basic genetics	21
genetics institute	21
population genetics	20
genetics journal	18
genetics article	17
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Modern Translations: Genetics

Language		Translations for "genetics"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		gjenetikë, formim gjenetik. (various references)

Arabic		‏أصول (essential, seeds). (various references)

Bulgarian		генетика. (various references)

Chinese		遗� 学. (various references)

Czech		genetika. (various references)

Danish		genetik, arvelighedslaere. (various references)

Dutch		genetica. (various references)

Farsi		نسل شناسی , علم پیدایش . (various references)

Finnish		geneettinen kehitysfysiologia (developmental genetics), populaatiogenetiikan saarimalli (island model of population genetics), perinnöllisyyslääketiede (medical genetics), molekyyligenetiikka (molecular genetics), metsägenetiikka (forest genetics), mendelistinen genetiikka (Mendelian genetics), lääketieteellinen genetiikka (medical genetics), formaaligenetiikka (classical genetics, formal genetics), fenogenetiikka (developmental genetics), evoluutiogenetiikka (evolutionary genetics). (various references)

French		génétique (genetic, genetical). (various references)

German		Genetik, Vererbungslehre. (various references)

Greek		γενεσιολογία, γενετική (genetic). (various references)

Hungarian		genetika. (various references)

Indonesian		genetika, ilmu keturunan. (various references)

Italian		genetica. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		遺伝学 (study of heredity), 発�"�学 (embryology). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		いで�"がく (study of heredity), はっせいがく (embryology). (various references)

Korean		� � �학. (various references)

Manx		gien-oaylleeaght. (various references)

Papiamen		genétika. (various references)

Pig Latin		eneticsgay

Portuguese		genética (Geneva), genésico (genetical). (various references)

Romanian		geneticã. (various references)

Russian		генетика. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		genetika. (various references)

Spanish		genética. (various references)

Swedish		ärftlighetslära. (various references)

Turkish		genetik (genetic), soyaçekim bilimi. (various references)

Ukranian		генетика. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Genetics

Derivations
	Words ending with "genetics": cytogenetics, immunogenetics. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Genetics" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gangetic, geneic, genertic, genetica, genetix, genetoics, genetric, genetrics, genitic, gennanica, genotext, gentetic, gentic, gentics, Gentis. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Genetics"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "genetics" (pronounced june"tiks)
7	-u n e" t i k s	kinetics, phonetics.
6	-n e" t i k s	Magnetics.
5	-e" t i k s	aesthetics, anesthetics, asthmatics, athletics, cosmetics, diabetics, diuretics, prosthetics, synthetics.
4	-t i k s	acoustics, acrobatics, aerobatics, aeronautics, analytics, antibiotics, antics, astronautics, attics, automatics, ballistics, batiks, characteristics, charismatics, Criminalistics, critics, diagnostics, domestics, exotics, fanatics, geopolitics, gymnastics, hypnotics, informatics, linguistics, logistics, mathematics, mystics, narcotics, numismatics, onomastics, optics, orthodontics, plastics, robotics, romantics, semantics, semiotics, skeptics, statistics, systematics, tactics, therapeutics, thermoplastics.
3	-i k s	academics, acrylics, aerobics, aerodynamics, affix, alcoholics, analgesics, anorexics, apparatchiks, appendix, astrophysics, atmospherics, avionics, basics, beatniks, bioethics, biologics, biophysics, bishoprics, calisthenics, Calix, calyx, catholics, ceramics, cervix, civics, classics, clerics, clinics, comics, conics, cynics, demographics, dynamics, eccentrics, econometrics, economics, electrics, electrodynamics, electronics, epics, epidemics, ergonomics, ethics, ethnics, eugenics, fabrics, forensics, generics, geometrics, geriatrics, gimmicks, graphics, harmonics, helix, hemodynamics, heroics, hieroglyphics, histrionics, hydraulics, hysterics, ionics, italics, kibbutzniks, limericks, lyrics, macroeconomics, matrix, mavericks, mechanics, medics, metaphysics, metrics, microeconomics, microelectronics, micrographics, mimics, mnemonics, mosaics, Nucleonics, obstetrics, onyx, oryx, panics, paramedics, Pediatrics, Phenix, Phoenix, phonics, photovoltaics, physics, polemics, prefix, psychics, publics, pyrotechnics, refuseniks, relics, reprographics, republics, sonics, specifics, sputniks, stoics, suffix, Technics, tectonics, theatrics, tonics, topics, toxics, tropics, workaholics.
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Anagrams: Genetics

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-e-g-i-n-s-t"
	-1 letter: entices, genetic.
	-2 letters: entice, genets, genies, gentes, gestic, incest, ingest, insect, nicest, nieces, seeing, signee, signet, teeing, tinges.
	-3 letters: cense, cents, cesti, cetes, cines, cites, egest, geest, genes, genet, genic, genie, gents, geste, inset, neist, niece, nites, scene, scent, segni, seine, sengi, sente, senti, siege, since, singe, stein, sting, teens, tenge, tense, tines, tinge, tings.
	-4 letters: cees, cent, cete, cigs, cine, cist, cite, egis, engs, etic, gees, gene, gens, gent, gest, gets, gien, gies, gins, gist, gits, ices, nest, nets, nice, nite, nits, sect, seen, sene, sent, sice, sign, sine, sing, site, snit, teen, tees, tegs, tens, tics, ties, tine, ting, tins.
	-5 letters: cee, cig, cis, eng, ens, gee, gen, get, gie, gin, git, ice, ins, its, nee, net, nit, sec, see, seg, sei, sen, set, sic, sin, sit, tee, teg, ten, tic, tie, tin, tis.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-e-g-i-n-s-t"
	+1 letter: exsecting, gentrices, ignescent, resecting, secreting, selecting.
	+2 letters: clientages, congestive, cytogenies, energetics, escheating, estrogenic, eugenicist, geneticist, osteogenic, respecting, sceptering, sentencing, synergetic, tangencies, turgencies.
	+3 letters: centrifuges, desecrating, deselecting, egocentrics, egocentrism, eugenicists, geneticists, pacesetting, persecuting, resketching, stringpiece, telecasting, telescoping, vicegerents.
	+4 letters: contingences, copresenting, cytogenetics, decongesting, decongestion, decongestive, deescalating, detergencies, egocentrisms, eigenvectors, evangelistic, eviscerating, exactingness, geanticlines, gemeinschaft, generatrices, geoscientist, glycerinates, greenockites, histogenetic, interchanges, intersecting, preselecting, reescalating, reinspecting, resentencing, resurrecting, serotonergic, stringencies, stringpieces, technologies.
	+5 letters: acceptingness, archegoniates, astringencies, bioenergetics, cogenerations, contingencies, counterimages, countersigned, decongestions, disrespecting, gemeinschafts, genuflections, geometricians, geoscientists, gonadectomies, intelligences, interchangers, intransigence, letterspacing, miscegenation, necessitating, presentencing, progestogenic, psychogenetic, recentrifuges, rechristening, retrospecting, spermatogenic, steroidogenic, technologizes.
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