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Ageneticist is a biologistorphysician who studies genetics, the science of genes, heredity, and variationoforganisms.[1] A geneticist can be employed as a scientist or a lecturer. Geneticists may perform general research on genetic processes or develop genetic technologies to aid in the pharmaceutical or and agriculture industries.[1] Some geneticists perform experiments in model organisms such as Drosophila, C. elegans, zebrafish, rodentsorhumans and analyze data to interpret the inheritance of biological traits. A basic science geneticist is a scientist who usually has earned a PhDingenetics and undertakes research and/or lectures in the field. A medical geneticist is a physician who has been trained in medical genetics as a specialization and evaluates, diagnoses, and manages patients with hereditary conditionsorcongenital malformations; and provides genetic risk calculations and mutation analysis.
Geneticists participate in courses from many areas, such as biology, chemistry, physics, microbiology, cell biology, bioinformatics, and mathematics. They also participate in more specific genetics courses such as molecular genetics, transmission genetics, population genetics, quantitative genetics, ecological genetics, epigenetics, and genomics.
Geneticists can work in many different fields, doing a variety of jobs. There are many careers for geneticists in medicine, agriculture, wildlife, general sciences, or many other fields.
Listed below are a few examples of careers a geneticist may pursue.