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metagenetics

metagenetics noun: the application of genetics to communities rather than individual organisms.

Noun

metagenetics (uncountable)

  1. The application of genetics to communities rather than individual organisms

Origin of metagenetics

From meta- + genetics.

Words formed from metagenetics

Questions about metagenetics

What does metagenetics mean?
Metagenetics means the application of genetics to communities rather than individual organisms.
What part of speech is metagenetics?
Metagenetics is a noun.

Words near metagenetics in the dictionary

  1. metagenes
  2. metageneses
  3. metagenesis
  4. metagenetic
  5. metagenetically
  6. metagenetics
  7. metagenic
  8. metagenome
  9. metagenomes
  10. metagenomic
  11. metagenomically

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