molecular genetics
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of molecular genetics
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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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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