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Genetic vs Genealogical - What's the difference?

genetic | genealogical |

As adjectives the difference between genetic and genealogical

is that genetic is genetic while genealogical is of or relating to genealogy.

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

    genealogical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of or relating to genealogy
  • (label) Of the relationships among individuals within a species.
  • Synonyms

    * (systematics) tokogenetic

    Derived terms

    * genealogically