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Genetic vs Genographic - What's the difference?

genetic | genographic |

As adjectives the difference between genetic and genographic

is that genetic is (genetics) relating to genetics or genes while genographic is of the use of genetics to study human migration over time.

genetic

English

(wikipedia genetic)

Adjective

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  • (genetics) Relating to genetics or genes.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= David Van Tassel], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/lee-dehaan Lee DeHaan
    • , 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

    genographic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of the use of genetics to study human migration over time