The Emergence Machine

Genetics

physical · Biology · Level 8 · E4

E4Complex Molecules

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

Genetics is a biological entity involving matter and gene, but this definition is incomplete without understanding the context of a living being.

Compare Genetics with…

Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “genetics” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

Loading senses…

Source: Wiktionary — “genetics”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
genetics
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L4L2L1L0GeneticsGeneDnaAnimalOrganism… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesEnhancerL3AneuploidyL8AutosomeL8CentromereL8ChromatinL8GeneticsL8OrganismL4GeneL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Organism L4 (requires)
    Remediation: break cycle
  • Gene L7 (requires)
    Remediation: break cycle

Used by