::''Tá léargas sách simplí le fáil ar an ábhar seo ag [[Bunús na géineolaíochta]]''.
Is disciplín bitheolaíochta í '''an Ghéineolaíocht''' (ón Sean-Ghréigis γενετικός ''genetikos'', "ginideach" agus ó γένεσις ''genesis'' "bunús" <ref>[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2321880 Genetikos, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, "A Greek-English Lexicon", atag Perseus]</ref><ref>[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2321873 Genesis, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, "A Greek-English Lexicon", atag Perseus]</ref><ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=Genetic&searchmode=none Online Etymology Dictionary]</ref>), ina ndéantar staidéar ar [[oidhreacht]] agus [[éagsúlach|éagsúlachtaí]].<ref name=griffiths2000sect60>{{cite book |editor1-first=Anthony J. F. |editor1-last=Griffiths |editor2-first=Jeffrey H. |editor2-last=Miller |editor3-first=David T. |editor3-last=Suzuki |editor4-first=Richard C. |editor4-last=Lewontin |editor5-first=William M. |editor5-last=Gelbart |title=An Introduction to Genetic Analysis |year=2000 |isbn=0-7167-3520-2 |edition=7th |publisher=W. H. Freeman |location=New York |chapterurl=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=iga.section.60 |chapter=Genetics and the Organism: Introduction}}</ref><ref name=Hartl_and_Jones>Hartl D, Jones E (2005)</ref>
[[Image:DNA Overview2.png|thumb|deas|140px|upright|[[DNA]], móilín na hoidhreachta. Slabhra núicléitídí is ea gach dual de DNA, agus an dá dhual ag freagairt dá chéile sa lár mar chéimeanna ar dhréimire casta.]]
