variants also genetical
as in hereditary
genetically passed or capable of being passed from parent to offspring hemophilia and other genetic medical disorders

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Recent Examples of genetic The filing raises privacy concerns for consumers about their sensitive genetic information and how that may be protected, Attorney General Anthony Brown said in a consumer alert issued by his office. Michelle Deal-Zimmerman, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2025 The genetic record is too incomplete to draw detailed conclusions about the timeline, Castiglione notes. Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2025 Virginia is one of a handful of states that has a genetic data privacy law (it was enacted in 2023). Karri Peifer, Axios, 27 Mar. 2025 My own lab is working on this approach for progeria [a rare genetic condition that causes children to age prematurely]. Alice Park, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for genetic

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“Genetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genetic. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.

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