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8 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
originFrom Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “origin”). Coined by English biologist William Bateson in 1905 in a letter to zoologist Adam Sedgwick, and first used publicly by Bateson at a lecture to the International Conference on Plant Hybridization in 1906.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- genetic 10
- entices 9
- gestic 9
- entice 8
- incest 8
- insect 8
- nicest 8
- nieces 8
- scient 8
- genic 8
- genets 7
- genies 7