| 单词 | genetics |
| 释义 | genetics (once / 4484 pages) n Genetics is the study of the traits people and other animals inherit from their family through DNA. Compare the size of your nose to your father's and you are dealing with genetics — but only if he's your biological father. Genetics involves studying genes — DNA — to look at how organisms evolve and are related. Scientists use genetics to prove whether genes for things like depression or intelligence exist. One of the most commonly discussed examples of genetics is what determines if a man will lose his hair: oddly, men inherit the baldness gene from their mothers, not their fathers. WORD FAMILYgenetics: geneticist+/gene: genes, genetic, genetical, genic, transgene/genetic: genetically, geneticism, genetics/geneticist: geneticists/transgene: transgenes USAGE EXAMPLESGenetics are a key factor in the heritability of mental illness and susceptibility to addiction. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) After all Americans share the same genetics as the rest of world, it's strange how we're the only ones with these metabolic issues. New York Times(May 02, 2016) Much of the composition of the microbiome is established early in life, shaped by forces like your genetics and whether you were breast-fed or bottle-fed. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) n the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms Syn|Hypo|Hyper genetic science cytogenetics the branch of biology that studies the cellular aspects of heredity (especially the chromosomes) genomicsthe branch of genetics that studies organisms in terms of their genomes (their full DNA sequences) proteomicsthe branch of genetics that studies the full set of proteins encoded by a genome molecular geneticsthe branch of genetics concerned with the structure and activity of genetic material at the molecular level pharmacogeneticsthe branch of genetics that studies the genetically determined variations in responses to drugs in humans or laboratory organisms functional genomicsthe branch of genomics that determines the biological function of the genes and their products structural genomicsthe branch of genomics that determines the three-dimensional structures of proteins biological science, biology the science that studies living organisms |
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