Concept information
Término preferido
genetic
Definición
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Genetics, in biology, is the science of genes, heredity, and the variation of organisms. Gregor Mendel, a Moravian Augustinian friar working in the 19th century in Brno, was the first to study genetics scientifically. Mendel studied "trait inheritance", patterns in the way traits are handed down from parents to offspring over time. He observed that organisms (pea plants) inherit traits by way of discrete "units of inheritance". This term, still used today, is a somewhat ambiguous definition of what is referred to as a gene.
Trait inheritance and molecular inheritance mechanisms of genes are still primary principles of genetics in the 21st century, but modern genetics has expanded to study the function and behavior of genes. Gene structure and function, variation, and distribution are studied within the context of the cell, the organism (e.g. dominance), and within the context of a population. Genetics has given rise to a number of subfields, including molecular genetics, epigenetics and population genetics. (Adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic)
Concepto genérico
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francés
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/QX8-BNR6QLTH-X
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