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'''Genetics''' is the field of [[science]] concerned with the study of [[gene]]s, the method common to many species by which traits and characteristics are passed from one generation to the next in [[reproductive system|reproduction]]. The term is also used to refer to anything pertaining to genes.
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'''Genetics''' is the field of [[science]] concerned with the study of [[gene]]s, the method common to many [[species]] by which traits and characteristics are passed from one generation to the next in [[reproductive system|reproduction]]. The term is also used to refer to anything pertaining to genes.
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[[Khan Noonien Singh]] and the other [[augment]]s of the [[Eugenics Wars]] were product of ''"controlled genetics"'', or [[eugenics]]. Their genetic makeup was chosen through selective breeding and their [[DNA]] altered through the process of [[genetic engineering]]. ([[TOS]]: "[[Space Seed]]")
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[[Doctor]] [[Arik Soong]] was a well-known geneticist. ([[ENT]]: "[[Borderland (episode)|Borderland]]")
   
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
 
*[[Biogenic weapon]]
 
*[[Biogenic weapon]]
 
*[[Bio-mimetic gel]]
 
*[[Bio-mimetic gel]]
*[[Genetic engineering]]
 
 
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Revision as of 15:38, 11 August 2006

Genetics is the field of science concerned with the study of genes, the method common to many species by which traits and characteristics are passed from one generation to the next in reproduction. The term is also used to refer to anything pertaining to genes.

Khan Noonien Singh and the other augments of the Eugenics Wars were product of "controlled genetics", or eugenics. Their genetic makeup was chosen through selective breeding and their DNA altered through the process of genetic engineering. (TOS: "Space Seed")

Doctor Arik Soong was a well-known geneticist. (ENT: "Borderland")

See also