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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
genetics
 
SYLLABICATION:ge·net·ics
PRONUNCIATION:  j-ntks
NOUN:1. (used with a sing. verb) The branch of biology that deals with heredity, especially the mechanisms of hereditary transmission and the variation of inherited characteristics among similar or related organisms. 2. (used with a pl. verb) The genetic constitution of an individual, group, or class.
 
 
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