1
: producing : forming
carcinogenic
2
: produced by : formed from
biogenic
3
[photogenic]
: suitable for production or reproduction by (such) a medium
telegenic
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Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 7 Dec. 2010
Instead of classic hard sweeps, researchers are suggesting that there may also be many 'soft' sweeps, where selection draws upon the well of standing genic variation.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 26 Nov. 2011
All of this social-genic visual fabric had been craftily woven to maximize phygital amplification.
—Luke Leitch, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2021
The Ocean Cleanup’s profile has been elevated by its media-genic founder and leader.
—James Rainey /, NBC News, 13 June 2018
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This would homogenize the variance in that genic region within the population in question (East Asians), as the numerous other haplotypes would decline in proportion.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 7 Dec. 2010
Instead of classic hard sweeps, researchers are suggesting that there may also be many 'soft' sweeps, where selection draws upon the well of standing genic variation.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 26 Nov. 2011
All of this social-genic visual fabric had been craftily woven to maximize phygital amplification.
—Luke Leitch, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2021
The Ocean Cleanup’s profile has been elevated by its media-genic founder and leader.
—James Rainey /, NBC News, 13 June 2018
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“Genic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/genic. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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