Tuesday, 26 March 2013

Important Definitions

Gene [jeen]
noun

1. Segment of DNA that provides a coded instrucations
2. Basic unit of heredity 


Genetics [juh-net-iks]
noun

1. Science of heredity
2. Genetic properties of phenomena of an organism
3. Resemblances and differences of related organisms, resulting from the interaction of their genes


Genosim [jeen-oh-is-um]
noun

The act of discriminating against a person(s) due to their genetic makeup
2. The consideration or treatment of a person in favor of or against their medical or genetic history or their heredity

1 comment:

  1. what would we call a person who commits genoism? racism = racist, genoism = ?

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