genetic
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“The sooner we snap out of our distaste for genetic modification, the better.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Scientists have used molecular clock estimates, which track the accumulation of genetic mutations over time, to suggest that sponges first evolved around 700 million years ago.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
When police uploaded Perez’s genetic profile into a national database, they received a hit matching him to evidence collected in the 1997 case, according to Escoto’s affidavit.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
The patient's brother happened to carry a rare, virus-blocking genetic mutation.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
But it also provoked a volley of new questions: If Moni’s illness was genetic, then why had his father and sister been spared?
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing genetic
Genetics - Inheritance and Variation of Traits
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100 SAT Words Beginning with "G"
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We the People: Gen
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