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genetics

science of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms
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genetics

Summary

genetics is a science[1]. genetics ranks in the top 7% of science entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,426 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • genetics's instance of is recorded as science[3].
  • genetics's instance of is recorded as branch of biology[4].
  • genetics's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[5].
  • genetics's founder is recorded as Gregor Mendel[6].
  • genetics's founder is recorded as Hugo de Vries[7].
  • genetics's founder is recorded as Carl Correns[8].
  • genetics's founder is recorded as Erich von Tschermak[9].
  • genetics is a type of biology[10].
  • genetics is part of biology[11].
  • genetics's Commons category is recorded as Genetics[12].
  • genetics's said to be the same as is recorded as introduction to genetics[13].
  • 1900 marks the founding of genetics[14].
  • genetics's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Genetics[15].
  • genetics's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Genetics[16].
  • genetics's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[17].
  • genetics's topic has template is recorded as Template:Genetics[18].
  • genetics's topic has template is recorded as Template:Genetics sidebar[19].
  • genetics's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://biology.stackexchange.com/tags/genetics[20].
  • genetics's different from is recorded as genology[21].
  • genetics's history of topic is recorded as history of genetics[22].
  • genetics's is the study of is recorded as genome[23].
  • genetics's practiced by is recorded as geneticist[24].
  • genetics's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[25].
  • genetics's Wikimedia outline is recorded as outline of genetics[26].
  • genetics's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Genetics[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include science[3], branch of biology[4], and academic discipline[5]. genetics is a type of biology[10].

Origins

Founders include Gregor Mendel[6], Hugo de Vries[7], Carl Correns[8], and Erich von Tschermak[9]. 1900 marks the founding of genetics[14].

Use and Application

genetics is part of biology[11].

Why It Matters

genetics ranks in the top 7% of science entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,426 views/month).[2] genetics has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] genetics is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Alec Jeffreys Alfred Hershey Andrew Fire Anna Přistoupilová Anshul Kundaje August Weismann Barbara McClintock behavioural genetics biology Carl Correns Carnegie Institution of Washington Carol Greider Christian D. Wunsch Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard Craig Mello Craig Venter David Baltimore David Krakauer David Suzuki Edward B. Lewis Edward Tatum Emmanuelle Charpentier Francis Collins Francis Crick François Jacob Gary D. Bader Gary Ruvkun genomics George Beadle George Davis Snell

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Q1227538. wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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