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molecular genetics

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noun
  1. 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
  1. (functioning as singular) the study of the molecular constitution of genes and chromosomes
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molecular genetics in Medicine

molecular genetics

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