Genetic may refer to: *

Genetics Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.Hartl D, Jones E (2005) It is an important branch in biology because heredity is vital to organisms' evolution. Gregor Mendel, a Moravian Augustinians, Augustinian ...

, in biology, the science of genes, heredity, and the variation of organisms **Genetic, used as an adjective, refers to

gene In biology, the word gene has two meanings. The Mendelian gene is a basic unit of heredity. The molecular gene is a sequence of nucleotides in DNA that is transcribed to produce a functional RNA. There are two types of molecular genes: protei ...

s *** Genetic disorder, any disorder caused by a genetic mutation, whether inherited or de novo ***Genetic mutation, a change in a gene **** Heredity, genes and their mutations being passed from parents to offspring ** Genetic recombination, refers to the recombining of alleles resulting in a new molecule of DNA * Genetic relationship (linguistics), in linguistics, a relationship between two languages with a common ancestor language *

Genetic algorithm In computer science and operations research, a genetic algorithm (GA) is a metaheuristic inspired by the process of natural selection that belongs to the larger class of evolutionary algorithms (EA). Genetic algorithms are commonly used to g ...

, in computer science, a kind of search technique modeled on evolutionary biology

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