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# genetics

noun (genetics, uncountable; takes a singular verb); adjective (genetic)

«genetics» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Genetics is the science of how features, like eye colour, are passed from parents to children through genes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/genetics/#m1)
2. Someone's genetics are the genes they were born with, which affect how they grow and look. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/genetics/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons genetics explains why children look a bit like their parents, why brothers and sisters are different, and how farmers breed plants and animals. Gregor Mendel studied pea plants in the 1860s and is called the father of genetics. DNA carries genes. Phrases: good genetics, genetic disease, genetic code.

### Examples

- Genetics is the study of how living things inherit features. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/genetics/#x1)
- Mendel discovered rules of genetics by growing peas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/genetics/#x2)
- My red hair comes from genetics; both my grandads had it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/genetics/#x3)
- Genetics helps doctors understand some illnesses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/genetics/#x4)
- Farmers use genetics to breed cows that give more milk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/genetics/#x5)
- Scientists who study genetics are called geneticists. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/genetics/#x6)
- Tall parents often have tall children because of genetics. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/genetics/#x7)

### Note

Ends in -s but is one subject, like maths: «Genetics is interesting», not «are». The adjective is «genetic», as in «a genetic disease». Do not confuse with «generic», which means general. Features you learn, like speaking French, are not passed on by genetics.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «genetics» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/genetics/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«genetics» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/genetics.html) on Mova free.