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1. Genetics - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetics
Description: WEBGenetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms. It is an important branch in biology because heredity is vital to organisms' evolution. Gregor Mendel, a Moravian Augustinian friar working in the 19th century in Brno, was the first to study genetics scientifically. Mendel studied "trait inheritance", patterns in the ...
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2. Genetics | History, Biology, Timeline, & Facts | Britannica
Link: https://www.britannica.com/science/genetics
Description: WEB3 days ago · Genetics, study of heredity in general and of genes in particular. Genetics forms one of the central pillars of biology and overlaps with many other areas, such as agriculture, medicine, and biotechnology. Learn more about the history, biology, areas of study, and methods of genetics.
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3. Genetics - Definition, History and Impact | Biology Dictionary
Link: https://biologydictionary.net/genetics/
Description: WEBMay 2, 2017 · Genetics is the study of genes and inheritance in living organisms. This branch of science has a fascinating history, stretching from the 19th century when scientists began to study how organisms inherited traits from their parents, to the present day when we can read the “source code” of living things letter-by-letter.
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4. GENETICS 101 - Understanding Genetics - NCBI Bookshelf
Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK115568/
Description: WEBJul 8, 2009 · GENETICS 101. Almost every human trait and disease has a genetic component, whether inherited or influenced by behavioral factors such as exercise. Genetic components can also modify the body’s response to environmental factors such as toxins. Understanding the underlying concepts of human genetics and the role of genes, …
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5. What is Genetics? | AMNH - American Museum of Natural History
Link: https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology/genetics/what-is-genetics
Description: WEB"Gen" means beginning. Parents pass traits on to their children. Genetics is the science of genes and how traits are passed on from one generation to the next. People who study genes are geneticists (juh-net-i-sists). Every living thing has DNA. DNA is an amazing chemical present in every cell.
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6. Human genetics | Description, Chromosomes, & Inheritance
Link: https://www.britannica.com/science/human-genetics
Description: WEBhuman genetics, study of the inheritance of characteristics by children from parents. Inheritance in humans does not differ in any fundamental way from that in other organisms. The study of human heredity occupies a central position in genetics. Much of this interest stems from a basic desire to know who humans are and why they are as they are.
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7. Introduction to genetics - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introduction_to_genetics
Description: WEBGenetics is the study of genes and tries to explain what they are and how they work. Genes are how living organisms inherit features or traits from their ancestors; for example, children usually look like their parents because they have inherited their parents' genes.
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8. Genetics - National Human Genome Research Institute
Link: https://www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Genetics
Description: WEBMar 22, 2024 · Genetics. updated: March 18, 2024. Definition. 00:00. … Genetics is the branch of biology concerned with the study of inheritance, including the interplay of genes, DNA variation and their interactions with environmental factors. Narration. 00:00. … Genetics. Scientists have been studying how genetics influences human health for …
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9. Genetics | Learn Science at Scitable - Nature
Link: https://www.nature.com/scitable/topic/genetics-5/
Description: WEBExamining how different processes shape populations through the culling or maintenance of deleterious or beneficial alleles lies at the heart of the field of population genetics.
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10. Gene | Definition, Structure, Expression, & Facts | Britannica
Link: https://www.britannica.com/science/gene
Description: WEB2 days ago · gene, unit of hereditary information that occupies a fixed position (locus) on a chromosome. Genes achieve their effects by directing the synthesis of proteins. In eukaryotes (such as animals, plants, and fungi ), genes …