Outline of genetics

This article provides an outline of terminology and topics that are important to know in genetics.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to genetics:

Genetics – science of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms.^[1]^[2] Genetics deals with the molecular structure and function of genes, and gene behavior in context of a cell or organism (e.g. dominance and epigenetics), patterns of inheritance from parent to offspring, and gene distribution, variation and change in populations.

^ Griffiths, Anthony J. F.; Miller, Jeffrey H.; Suzuki, David T.; Lewontin, Richard C.; et al., eds. (2000). "Genetics and the Organism: Introduction". An Introduction to Genetic Analysis (7th ed.). New York: W. H. Freeman. ISBN 0-7167-3520-2.
^ Hartl, D.L.; Jones, E.W. (2005). Genetics: Analysis of Genes and Genomes. Jones and Bartlett Publishers. ISBN 9780763715113.