About 5,360,000 results
Open links in new tab
  1. Genetics Basics | Genomics and Your Health | CDC

    May 15, 2024 · What to know This page provides information about basic genetic concepts such as DNA, genes, chromosomes, and gene expression. Genes play a role in almost every …

  2. Genetics | History, Biology, Timeline, & Facts | Britannica

    Oct 21, 2025 · Genetics, study of heredity in general and of genes in particular. Genetics forms one of the central pillars of biology and overlaps with many other areas, such as agriculture, …

  3. Genetics - Wikipedia

    Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms. [1][2][3] It is an important branch in biology because heredity is vital to organisms' evolution.

  4. What Is Genetics? | National Institute of General Medical Sciences

    Apr 8, 2024 · Genetics is the study of genes and heredity—how traits are passed from parents to children through DNA. A gene is a segment of DNA that contains instructions for building one …

  5. Genetics - National Human Genome Research Institute

    5 days ago · Genetics is the branch of biology concerned with the study of inheritance, including the interplay of genes, DNA variation and their interactions with environmental factors.

  6. What is Genetics? - AMNH

    Genetics is the study of how genes and how traits are passed down from one generation to the next. Our genes carry information that affects our health, our appearance, and even our …

  7. Genetics - National Geographic Society

    Oct 19, 2023 · Genetics is the study of genes —the units of heredity —and how the traits for which they carry coded information are transmitted from one generation to the next. Genes are …

  8. Understanding Genetics: A Guide to Genetic Concepts and …

    Dec 20, 2023 · Learn about genetics and how it influences our traits and diseases through this comprehensive explanation.

  9. What is Genetics? | The Study of Heredity - AZoLifeSciences

    Nov 4, 2024 · Genetics is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the DNA of organisms, how their DNA manifests as genes, and how those genes are inherited by offspring.

  10. Understanding Human Genetics - sciencenewstoday.org

    Jul 26, 2025 · Human genetics is not merely a study of inheritance—it is the story of what it means to be human. It is a story that spans generations, continents, and eons, reaching back …