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Genetic vs Ancestral - What's the difference?

genetic | ancestral |

As adjectives the difference between genetic and ancestral

is that genetic is genetic while ancestral is of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate.

genetic

English

(wikipedia genetic)

Adjective

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  • (genetics) Relating to genetics or genes.
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    • , title= Wild Plants to the Rescue , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.
  • Caused by genes.
  • Of or relating to origin (genesis).
  • * 1858 , Year-Book Of Facts In Science And Art For 1858
    • All evidence tends to this conclusion, that the sun is the prime genetic agent of earthquakes and of every other pluto-dynamic impulse which acts against the crust of the planet, and breaks or elevates any of its parts.

    Synonyms

    * hereditary

    Derived terms

    * genetic algorithm * genetic code * genetic disorder * genetic drift * genetic engineer * genetic engineering * genetic fingerprinting * genetic material * genetic modification

    Related terms

    * gene * genetics * genetically

    ancestral

    English

    Alternative forms

    * ancestrall (obsolete) * auncestral (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate.

    • Anagrams

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