Relating to genes or genetics; involving or determined by genes and hereditary factors.
From 'gene' plus the English adjective-forming suffix '-ic.' 'Gene' itself comes from 'genesis' (origin, creation) via German 'Gen,' coined by geneticist Wilhelm Johannsen in 1909 to describe units of heredity.
Scientists literally invented the word 'gene' just 100 years ago—before that, there was no scientific word for what passes traits from parents to children, and now 'genic' lets us describe anything related to those genes!
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