geneticist
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geneticists
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Origin of geneticist
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A geneticist is a scientist who studies the traits that are passed from parents to their offspring. If you're fascinated with DNA, you might want to be a geneticist. Genetics is the branch of biology that focuses on genes, and it's practiced by geneticists. These scientists study the way genes are passed from one generation to the next, including how they vary or mutate. Some geneticists work with plants, improving their genetic resistance to disease or pests; others counsel patients who have inherited diseases or conditions. Geneticist is from genetics, originally defined as "pertaining to origins," from the Greek root genesis, "origin."
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Clinical geneticist Dr. Xiao P. Peng, who helped confirm Hinken’s family’s diagnoses, said the tools still make mistakes and are better at generating possible leads, translating complex medical jargon and compiling research than making diagnoses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Powell, the geneticist in Indiana, is a cancer biologist by training and has heard similar claims before.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026
It wasn’t just the incident with the gown, or the geneticist assuring me that prostate cancer would be my major BRCA-related concern.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
She is an Indian-born Welsh medical geneticist and an honorary professor at Cardiff University.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
Monod and Jacob, working with Arthur Pardee, a microbial geneticist from America, discovered three cardinal principles that governed the regulation of genes.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Colossal Biosciences’ claim to have achieved the ‘de-extinction’ of the dire wolf has been questioned by geneticists, but the media swallowed the claim whole.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
But the new study from geneticists at the University of Pennsylvania suggests the phenomenon has more social origins, and were actually the result of "long-standing mating preferences."
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
"Genetic researchers, companies and geneticists often operate in silos," McNally said.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 17, 2025
The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, a professional organization for geneticists and genetic counselors, concluded last year that polygenic screening offers no proven clinical benefit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025
Using linkage analysis, geneticists could even trace an actual configuration of genes that evolved to make the progeny infertile.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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