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Definition of: genetics
(jə·net′iks) noun
1. That branch of biology which deals with the interaction of the genes in producing the similarities and differences between individuals related by descent.
2. The science of plant- and animal-breeding.
3. The inherited characteristics of an organism or group of organisms.
—ge·net′i·cist noun
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