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means The branch of biology that studies genes, heredity, and how traits are passed from one generation to the next.

from From the Greek 'genesis' (origin, birth), through 'genetic.' The word 'gene' was coined in 1909 by Danish botanist Wilhelm Johannsen, drawing on Hugo de Vries's 'pangene.' English biologist William Bateson had already christened the whole field 'genetics' a few years earlier, in 1905 — all of them reaching back to that same Greek root for 'beginning' and 'giving birth.'

shared code: You're about 60% banana, genetically speaking.
junk myth: So-called junk DNA actually runs the show.
identical twins: They drift apart genetically as life edits them.
gene count: Humans have fewer genes than a water flea.
ancient hitchhikers: 8% of your DNA came from old viruses.

for instance

human genome project — international collaboration that sequenced all 3 billion human dna base pairs, completed in 2003

crispr gene editing — jennifer doudna and emmanuelle charpentier's tool that can precisely edit dna sequences, revolutionizing since 2012

gregor mendel's pea plants — 1860s experiments with garden peas that discovered the laws of heredity and founded modern genetics

rosalind franklin's dna — photo 51 in 1952 revealed the dna double helix structure, critical evidence for watson and crick