MOLECULAR GENETICS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does molecular genetics mean? 

• MOLECULAR GENETICS (noun)
  The noun MOLECULAR GENETICS has 1 sense:

1. the branch of genetics concerned with the structure and activity of genetic material at the molecular level

  Familiarity information: MOLECULAR GENETICS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOLECULAR GENETICS (noun)

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Meaning:

The branch of genetics concerned with the structure and activity of genetic material at the molecular level

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("molecular genetics" is a kind of...):

genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)

 Context examples 

NIH Emphasis Area — New emphasis on the biology of brain disorders reflects the extraordinary rate at which the neurosciences, with strong support from the fields of molecular genetics, imaging, and cell biology, is growing.

(Biology of the Brain Disorders, NCI Thesaurus)