biogenetics
Life's blueprint study
Biogenetics is the branch of biology dealing with heredity and genetic variation in living organisms.
The term overlaps substantially with genetics, though biogenetics sometimes emphasizes the biological processes underlying inheritance rather than the molecular or statistical aspects: Her research in biogenetics focuses on how traits pass between generations.
Gene-editing molecular machinery
- Cas9DNA-cutting enzyme
- gene editingTargeted DNA alteration
- cloningMaking identical copies
- transgenicHaving inserted foreign genes
recombinant · knockout · gene therapy · biohacking · germline · somatic · vector · plasmid
Hereditary code molecule
- chromosomesGene-bearing nuclear structures
- genesUnits of heredity
- nucleotidesDNA and RNA subunits
- base pairsBonded DNA building blocks
double helix · adenine · thymine · cytosine · guanine · replication · transcription · translation
CRISPR
Gene-editing molecular machinery
- Cas9DNA-cutting enzyme
- gene editingTargeted DNA alteration
- cloningMaking identical copies
transgenic · recombinant · knockout · gene therapy · biohacking · germline · somatic · vector · plasmid · transfection
DNA
Hereditary code molecule
- chromosomesGene-bearing nuclear structures
- genesUnits of heredity
- nucleotidesDNA and RNA subunits
base pairs · double helix · adenine · thymine · cytosine · guanine · replication · transcription · translation · polymerase
inheritance
Property received from ancestors
- phenotypeObservable characteristics of organism
- allelesVariant forms of genes
- traitsDistinguishing personal features
pedigree · ancestry · lineage · familial · recessive · dominant · zygote · gametes · progeny · descendants
biogeneticsecology
Study of environmental relations
anatomy · physiology · ethology · natural history · morphology
biogeneticsnatural selection
Differential reproductive success
naturalism · non-intervention · behavioral conditioning · organic farming · holistic medicine
biogeneticsenvironmentalism
Advocacy for nature protection
nurture · behaviorism · epigenetics · learned behavior · tabula rasa