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genetically, adv.|dʒɪˈnɛtɪkəlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
a. With respect to genesis or origin.
1837–8Sir W. Hamilton Logic xxiv. (1866) II. 13 Only those notions can be genetically defined, which relate to quantities represented in time and space. 1856Emerson Eng. Traits, Race Wks. (Bohn) II. 23 Certain tribes..coming from one place, and genetically identical. 1869J. D. Baldwin Preh. Nations iii. (1877) 91 Genetically related dialects and forms of speech constitute one family group. 1883A. Roberts O.T. Revision xii. 269 Our Authorised Version is genetically connected with all the previous English versions.
b. By the agency of genes; according to genetics.
1902Bateson & Saunders Rep. Evol. Comm. R. Soc. I. 134 An organism can be strictly defined as genetically sure if all its gametes when united with similar gametes reproduce the parent identically. 1932S. Zuckerman Soc. Life Monkeys ii. 27 If an impulse to live a herd life is a genetically determined response. 1968Times 17 Oct. 18/5 An attempt to determine whether the capacity of the rats to convert a high proportion of cyclamate into chemicals is inherited genetically.
▸ genetically engineered adj. that has undergone or been produced by genetic engineering.
1971R. T. Francoeur Utopian Motherhood p. ix, It can also cast us into the asexual impersonal world of assembly-line-produced, thought-controlled, *genetically engineered ghosts of men. 1976Economist (Nexis) 21 Feb. 15 The proposed rules are chiefly about how to keep genetically engineered bugs inside university laboratories. 2006Guardian 17 Mar. i. 7/5, TGN1412 is a humanised monoclonal antibody, a genetically engineered protein that is part mouse but mostly human, and which is accepted by the human body.
▸ genetically modified adj. that has undergone genetic modification.
1960Federation Proc. 19 913/1 We shall first discuss an earlier sulfonamide-resistant mutant with which preliminary evidence of a *genetically modified cell function was obtained. 1961Galveston Daily News 16 Jan. 4/3 The youngsters are more concerned about the atom and its sanity or insanity. Will they all be killed or will they produce genetically modified offspring? 1993Industry Week 6 Dec. 50/1 The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) has issued more than 461 permits to fieldtest genetically modified plants and microorganisms. 2002Which? Apr. 23/1 Organic food must be produced without genetically modified organisms (GMOs) or derivatives of GMOs. |