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genetic

/juh-net-ik/US // dʒəˈnɛt ɪk //UK // (dʒɪˈnɛtɪk) //

遗传,遗传性,遗传学,遗传基因

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Biology. pertaining or according to genetics.
    • : of, relating to, or produced by genes; genic.
    • : of, relating to, or influenced by geneses or origins.

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Examples

  • Some people can test positive for the virus’s genetic material for months after they get well, and shed no infectious virus.

  • That cut allows the virus to fuse with the cell membrane and dump its genetic material into the cell.

  • Even though people probably detest mosquitoes more than moth larvae that can damage broccoli, the fact that the Florida Keys project involves genetic modification still stirs passion.

  • Gene therapy trials are underway for several different genetic diseases, including sickle cell anemia, at least two different forms of inherited blindness, and Alzheimer’s, among others.

  • Now, a child who shows up at a hospital with severe mycobacterial infection is tested for these genetic defects and receives injections of interferon gamma.

  • The genetic material can grow quickly, but are typically riddled with errors or defects.

  • But a 2011 study of genetic evidence from 30 ethnic groups in India disproved this theory.

  • Prevalence depends on context, and sometimes unique advantages outweigh the genetic costs.

  • Cryobanks, which screen for genetic disorders and STDs, cost big bucks; see here for some of the charges.

  • Mitochondrial intervention is the practice of replacing DNA that carries a genetic disease.

  • The most influential attempt at a genetic classification of the various historical forms of government was that of Aristotle.

  • On the contrary, taking the genetic view of childhood should give us certain advantages.

  • Hundreds of thousands of years of genetic weeding-out have produced things that would give even an electronic brain nightmares.

  • The intellectual nature of man is the same as that of angels who have no genetic connection with us.

  • He did not employ the comparative and genetic methods to which we owe the chief scientific achievements of the last half-century.