Microbial Genetics

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Genetics is the study of heredity and variation to understand the cause of resemblance and differences between parents and their progeny. The term genetics was coined by William Bateson, a British biologist, in 1906.

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Parija, S.C. (2023). Microbial Genetics. In: Textbook of Microbiology and Immunology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3315-8_5

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