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geneticist

geneticist

24 6.3
A scientist who studies genes and how traits pass from parents to children
  • noun
  • /dʒəˈnɛtɪsɪst/
translation icon : genetista
  • The geneticist explained how genes influence everything from eye color to susceptibility to diseases.
  • plant geneticists
  • molecular geneticist
  • geneticists develop

So this is a show that I host with the geneticist Adam Rutherford.

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Examples

  • We've reactivated the old facilities, updated the technology, and imported the best geneticists from around the world.

  • Some geneticists envision a future in which crop development will become a highly collaborative process.

    Academic text (2012)
  • And so from that moment on, I wanted to be a geneticist, understand the gene and through that, understand life.

  • I'm the lead geneticist of this operation.

  • So this is a show that I host with the geneticist Adam Rutherford.

  • Let me show you how geneticists approached this subject.

  • So in my view, it makes no sense anymore to basically say, oh, I'm a geneticist studying immune disorders.

  • More recently, though, Japanese geneticists found that rinderpest did not become a distinct disease until around the year 1000.

    Academic text (2013)
  • George Church, who's a famous geneticist at Harvard, has always said synthetic biologists should have a license.

  • "The Russian bees are the same species as our domesticated honey bee," says ARS geneticist Thomas E. Rinderer.

    Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

cytogeneticist
vsgeneticist
  • Specialized
9.9

A scientist who studies chromosomes and cell parts that pass traits from parents to children

has a broader focus across many genetic areas rather than only chromosomes
Mendelist
vsgeneticist
9.6

A person who studies or supports Mendel's ideas about how traits are passed

studies many genetic principles beyond Mendel's specific theories

How Specialized

geneticist
24 6.3
biologist
111 3.5
scientist
2.1

Surface Forms

geneticist singular
geneticists plural

Morphology

geneticist = genetic (transparent) = genetic + ist

Formed by the adjective 'genetic' plus the agentive suffix '-ist', so the meaning (a person who studies or works in genetics) is directly inferable.

Etymology

Geneticist comes from the root gen-, which means 'birth' or 'origin' and appears in familiar words like gene and generate. A geneticist studies how traits are passed from parents to children, so the root helps explain the study of where living things' features come from.