Genetics

The science of heredity.

The study of the patterns of inheritance of specific traits.

(jeh-NEH-tix) The study of genes and heredity. Heredity is the passing of genetic information and traits (such as eye color and an increased chance of getting a certain disease) from parents to offspring.

the study of inherited traits, genotype/phenotype relationships, and population/species differences in allele and genotype frequencies.

The study of inheritance patterns of specific traits.