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genetics

🇬🇧 UK/dʒɪ'netɪks/🇺🇸 US/dʒi'netiks/
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Definitions

n.

The branch of biology dealing with heredity, genes, and inherited variation in organisms

遗传学

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
genbirth, produce, kind
+
etconnector
+
icsrelating to, having the nature of
=genetics

Common Collocations

  • 1.genetics research遗传学研究
  • 2.molecular genetics分子遗传学
  • 3.population genetics群体遗传学

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Genetics explains why children often resemble their parents.

  • 2.

    The study of genetics helps us understand human disease susceptibility.

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