The study of how traits are passed from parents to children.
Related definitions
- next-generation sequencingAn advanced laboratory test that reads many genes at the same time from blood or bone marrow to find genetic changes that help diagnose, classify, and guide treatment of blood cancers.
- oncogenesGenes that can make cells grow uncontrollably and lead to cancer.
- epidemiologyThe study of how diseases happen in groups of people and how genes or the environment might cause them.
