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Genetics and Related Subjects frrom Credo Reference

Genetics In Science in the Early Twentieth Century: An Encyclopedia

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The history of genetics in the twentieth century began with the rediscovery of Gregor Mendel’s... ratio became the cornerstone of Mendelian genetics, because it assigned a mathematical law to the...

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The rediscovery of Mendelian genetics at the turn of the century created the science of genetics... Francis Crick (1916–2004) in 1953 revolutionized the study of genetics. Later research showed how DNA...

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The study of heredity and variation in living organisms. The science of genetics is founded on the... of genetics was revealed. Genetics is important in plant and animal breeding and in understanding...

.... The science of genetics is based on the work of Austrian biologist Gregor Mendel whose experiments... hybridization (see monohybrid inheritance). Since Mendel, the study of genetics has advanced greatly...

molecular genetics In Cambridge Dictionary of Human Biology and Evolution

...1. Study of genetic systems at the molecular level. 2. Control of metabolic processes by genetic material, including regulatory processes in genetic material. See genomics and proteomics.

molecular genetics In Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology

Molecular Biology The branch of genetics that studies the molecular structure of genes and provides a molecular explanation for their functions.

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