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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

"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

Etymology

Origin of molecular genetics

First recorded in 1965–70

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“It’s at the root of our culture, giving us strength and identity,” said María Elena Álvarez-Buylla, a researcher in molecular genetics at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 13, 2025

Dr Shane Heffernan has a PhD in molecular genetics in elite sports and is currently working on a paper on what athletes think about competitors with a DSD.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2024

"We used nature's roadmap to make better T cell therapies," said Dr. Jaehyuk Choi, an associate professor of dermatology and of biochemistry and molecular genetics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

From Science Daily Feb. 7, 2024

Humans evolved to resist losing body fat so that we don’t become extinct, says Rudolph Leibel, chief of the pediatric molecular genetics division at Columbia University’s medical center.

From New York Times Oct. 31, 2023

But this is a sober, industrious field, and the work goes on methodically, with special interest just now in the molecular genetics of organelles.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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