geneticist
noun
a specialist or expert in genetics.
geneticists
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pluralof geneticist.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
Ciliates have become especially interesting to geneticists because they are known hotspots for genetic code changes, including changes involving stop codons.
From Science Daily ● May 7, 2026
They further concluded that even if geneticists were able to speed oil production, it would be uneconomical.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 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
While Vavilov and other geneticists languished in prison, Lysenko’s supporters launched a vigorous campaign to discredit genetics as a science.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
