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Genetic vs Nucleoid - What's the difference?

genetic | nucleoid |

As an adjective genetic

is genetic.

As a noun nucleoid is

(microbiology) the irregularly-shaped region within a prokaryote cell where the genetic material is localized.

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

    nucleoid

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (microbiology) The irregularly-shaped region within a prokaryote cell where the genetic material is localized

    • Derived terms

    * nucleoidal * nucleoidally

    See also

    * (wikipedia "nucleoid")

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