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molecular genetics

noun

a subdivision of genetics concerned with the structure and function of genes at the molecular level.

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Origin of molecular genetics

First recorded in 1965–70
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British Dictionary definitions for molecular genetics

molecular genetics

noun

(functioning as singular) the study of the molecular constitution of genes and chromosomes
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medicine definitions for molecular genetics

molecular genetics

n.

The branch of genetics that deals with hereditary transmission and variation on the molecular level.
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