How to Use genetics in a Sentence
genetics
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The consensus among actual experts based on decades of research is that genetics — not just one gene, but hundreds — play a major role in autism.
—Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
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Lavalley also encourages people to speak more about the role genetics plays in cardiovascular health.
—Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
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Enright notes that genetics, body weight and smoking all influence how quickly caffeine is metabolized, with smoking doubling the rate.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026
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Enright notes that genetics, body weight and smoking all influence how quickly caffeine is metabolized, with smoking doubling the rate.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026
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In a biological family, that feeling may be rooted in genetics — maintaining the family line.
—Brian Barth, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
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Genetics Lab Visitors will run into a rat man in the genetics lab where a medical splicing device is in operation.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
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The science looks so similar across different domains, in terms of how much genetics matters, but our response to the science in the culture can swing really wildly from one direction to the other.
—Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026
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But for most health conditions, the genetics is far more complicated than how clinicians are currently looking at it in diagnosis, counseling and treatment.
—Santhosh Girirajan, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025
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This cult classic tells the tale of a serial killer (Scott MacDonald) who is transformed into a murderous snowman when his prison transport collides with a genetics truck full of experimental lab acid.
—Huntley Woods, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Dec. 2025
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Eligibility for women’s competition will be determined by a one-time mandatory genetics test, according to the IOC.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
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As genetics, psychology, and neuroscience ascended, the twentieth century sent physiognomy back into disrepute, and today, from Lavater to Lombroso, its promoters may seem a racist shade of quaint.
—Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
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Biases in genetics research One reason why scientific understanding of secondary variants has lagged is that genetic research often depends on who is recruited to participate in these studies and how researchers recruit them.
—Santhosh Girirajan, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025
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The Devils Hole pupfish Incident Command Team is currently working on a genetics management plan, according to Wilson.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 7 May 2026
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Back in 1994, Maybelle McLeod contacted a genetics lab at the University of Otago about the premature cancer deaths stalking her relatives.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026
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Lurie said the donation from the Edwards family also will enable the hospital to establish the largest genetics training program in Illinois, and triple the number of gene therapy and clinical research trials at Lurie, reaching 75 active trials by 2030.
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
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Renfrow Smith became part of medical research focused on aging, including SuperAger studies at the University of Chicago and Northwestern University, as well as a genetics study in Boston.
—Nick El Hajj, Des Moines Register, 5 Jan. 2026
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