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adj

Definition: coming from heredity
Antonyms: acquired

Pertaining to a gene.

1. pertaining to reproduction or to birth or origin.
2. inherited.

• g. abnormality — inherited defect, which may or may not be congenital.
• g. analysis — analysis of breeding and pedigree records to establish degrees of relationship between single animals and groups of animals. Segregation analysis with full-sibling families is an obvious technique.
• g. code — the manner in which the arrangement of nucleotides in the polynucleotide chain of a chromosome governs the transmission of genetic information to proteins, i.e. determines the sequence of amino acids in the polypeptide chain making up each protein synthesized by the cell. Genetic information is coded in DNA by means of four bases (two purines: adenine and guanine; and two pyrimidines: thymine and cystosine). Each adjacent sequence of three bases (a codon) determines which of the 20 amino acids will be inserted into the nascent polypeptide.
• g. complementation — see complementation.
• g. control of inherited disease — consists of preventing carrier animals from contributing their genes to succeeding generations of the population of which they are members.
• g. correlation — a change in an unselected character resulting from selection of another character during a breeding program.
• g. defects — defects of function or structure passed on from parents to offspring. Inherited defects.
• g. determination — see broad-sense heritability.
• g. disease resistance — inherited resistance to diseases caused by non-hereditary risk factors.
• g. dominance — see dominance (2).
• g. drift — see antigenic drift.
• g. engineering — the manipulation of genes by recombinant DNA technologies to produce chromosomal combinations that are unlikely to occur by natural means, for example the introduction of genes for insulin into a yeast cell which then produces insulin which can be purified and used as a therapeutic substance. See also recombinant DNA technology.
• g. etiology — disease caused by inheritance of specific disease without the intervention of other risk factors; established by strongly positive relationship in terms of genes held in common between the affected patient and other affected individuals.
• g. evaluation — assessment, for predictive purposes, of productive improvement or conformational characteristics, of the gain to be derived by the use of the animal in question in a breeding program.
• g. expressivity — see expressivity.
• g. heterogeneity — demonstrated by the way in which more than one disease with identical clinical signs can be inherited.
• g. immunization — use of a cloned genetically engineered gene with an encoded antigen to immunize the host against that antigen. See also DNA vaccine.
• g. map — the linear arrangement of genes along a chromosome. Called also linkage map.
• g. merit — inherited productivity or performance qualities.
• mobile g. elements — see transposable genetic elements (below).
• g. penetrance — see penetrance.
• g. production potential — inherited productivity but still influenced by environmental risk factors.
• g. resistance — genetically determined resistance to specified infectious agents.
• g. selection — selection of animals as breeding stock on the basis of known inherited characteristics.
• transposable g. elements — pieces of DNA varying in length from a few hundred to tens of thousands of base pairs found in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells that move from place to place in the chromosomes of a single cell; some are viruses. Called also mobile genetic elements or transposons.
• g. variance — that portion of the phenotypic variance of a trait in a population which can be attributed to genetic difference amongst individuals.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - genetisk, arveligheds-

idioms:

• genetic code    genetisk kode
• genetic engineering    gen-manipulation
• genetic fingerprinting    genetisk fingeraftryk

Nederlands (Dutch)
genetisch, oorzakelijk

Français (French)
adj. - génétique

idioms:

• genetic code    code génétique
• genetic engineering    manipulation génétique, génie génétique
• genetic fingerprinting    empreintes génétiques

Deutsch (German)
adj. - genetisch, Erb-, entwicklungsgeschichtlich

idioms:

• genetic code    genetischer Code
• genetic engineering    Gentechnologie
• genetic fingerprinting    Erstellung eines genetischen Profils

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (βιολ.) γενετικός

idioms:

• genetic code    (βιολ.) γενετικός κώδικας
• genetic engineering    γενετική μηχανική
• genetic fingerprinting    γενετική (ταυτότητα) του DNA

Italiano (Italian)
genetico

idioms:

• genetic code    codice genetico
• genetic engineering    ingegneria genetica
• genetic fingerprinting    impronta genetica

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - genético (Biol.), genésico

idioms:

• genetic code    código (m) genético (Biol.)
• genetic engineering    engenharia (f) genética (Biol.)
• genetic fingerprinting    análise genética

Русский (Russian)
генетический, наследственный

idioms:

• genetic code    генный код
• genetic engineering    генная инженерия
• genetic fingerprinting    генная дактилоскопия

Español (Spanish)
adj. - genético

idioms:

• genetic code    código genético
• genetic engineering    ingeniería genética, manipulación genética
• genetic fingerprinting    identificación genética analizando el ADN

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - genetisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
遗传的, 起源的

idioms:

• genetic code    遗传密码
• genetic engineering    遗传工程学
• genetic fingerprinting    基因指纹鉴别法

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 遺傳的, 起源的

idioms:

• genetic code    遺傳密碼
• genetic engineering    遺傳工程學
• genetic fingerprinting    基因指紋鑑別法

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 기원의, 유전상의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 遺伝子の, 遺伝学の, 発生の, 起源の, 遺伝の

idioms:

• genetic code    遺伝コード
• genetic engineering    遺伝子工学
• genetic fingerprinting    遺伝的指紋法

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) جيني, تطوري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮גנטי, של גנטיקה, של גנים, תורשתי‬

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