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molecular genetics

American  

noun

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

molecular genetics British  

noun

  1. (functioning as singular) the study of the molecular constitution of genes and chromosomes

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Etymology

Origin of molecular genetics

First recorded in 1965–70

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