Preferred term
genetics
Definition
- [Henderson's] n. (1) that part of biology dealing with inherited variation and its physical basis in DNA, the genetic material; (2) of an organism, the physical basis of its inherited characteristics, i.e. the sequence and arrangement of its genes.
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- community genetics
- comparative phylogeography
- founder effect
- gene expression
- gene mutation
- gene regulation
- gene structure
- gene transfer
- genetic distance
- genetic drift
- genetic marker
- genetic resource
- genetic selection
- genetic similarity
- genetic susceptibility
- genotypic diversity
- genotypic variation
- landscape genetics
- microsatellite DNA
- microsatellite loci
- microsatellite marker
- molecular genetics
- mutation rate
- operational taxonomic unit
- phylogenetic analysis
- population genetics
Scope note
- US LTER controlled vocabulary
Contributor
- 0000-0002-7997-219X
Creator
- herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at
In other languages
Arabic
- علم الوراثة
Bulgarian
- Генетика
Chinese
- 遗传学
Croatian
- genetika
Czech
- genetika
Danish
- arvelighedslære
Dutch
- genetica
Estonian
- geneetika
Finnish
- perinnöllisyystiede
French
- génétique
German
- Genetik
Greek
- γενετική
Hungarian
- genetika
Italian
- genetica
Japanese
- 遺伝学
Latvian
- ģenētika
Lithuanian
- genetika
Norwegian
- genetikk
Polish
- genetyka
Portuguese
- genética
Romanian
- genetică
Slovak
- genetika
Slovenian
- genetika
Spanish
- genética
Swedish
- genetik
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21613