Genetics vs. Biology — What's the Difference?

Genetics is a branch of biology concerned with the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.Though heredity had been observed for millennia, Gregor Mendel, Moravian scientist and Augustinian friar working in the 19th century in Brno, was the first to study genetics scientifically. Mendel studied "trait inheritance", patterns in the way traits are handed down from parents to offspring.

Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field.

(used with a sing. verb) The branch of biology that deals with heredity, especially the mechanisms of hereditary transmission and the variation of inherited characteristics among similar or related organisms.

The study of living organisms, divided into many specialized fields that cover their morphology, physiology, anatomy, behaviour, origin, and distribution.

(used with a pl. verb) The genetic constitution of an individual, group, or class.

The science of life and of living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, and distribution and encompassing numerous fields such as botany, zoology, mycology, and microbiology.

(biology) The branch of biology that deals with the transmission and variation of inherited characteristics, in particular chromosomes and DNA.

The life processes or characteristic phenomena of a group or category of living organisms

(biology) The genetic makeup of a specific individual or species.

The living organisms present in a specific area or region.

The branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms

The study of all life or living matter.

The living organisms of a particular region.

The structure, function, and behavior of an organism or type of organism.

The science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of living matter as distinct from matter which is not living; the study of living tissue. It has to do with the origin, structure, development, function, and distribution of animals and plants.

The science that studies living organisms

Characteristic life processes and phenomena of living organisms;

All the plant and animal life of a particular region