geneticpathway
nounUK /dʒəˈnɛtɪk ˈpɑːθweɪ/
US /dʒəˈnɛtɪk ˈpæθweɪ/
A set of steps in your body that genes control to make something happen.
Scientists studied the geneticpathway that decides a person's eye color.
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2. A chain of gene-controlled reactions inside a cell.
The geneticpathway controls how the cell repairs itself.
3. The way traits pass from parents to children.
Height follows a complex geneticpathway.
4. A map of how genes work together in an organism.
The lab mapped the geneticpathway of the fruit fly.