Genus (disambiguation)
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Genus, from the Latin genus, generis "birth, race, stock, kind" may refer to:
- In Linnaean taxonomy, genus is the rank between family and species.
- Genus (journal), a journal of population genetics
- Genus (mathematics), a classifying property of a mathematical object
- Genus of a multiplicative sequence
- Geometric genus
- In graph embedding, the genus of the graph is the genus of the surface in which it can be embedded
- In the theory of numerical semigroups, the genus of a numerical semigroup is the cardinality of the set of gaps in the numerical semigroup
- grammatical gender
- Genus (music), a concept in ancient Greek music theory
- Genus (philosophy)
in popular culture:
- Genus (comic book), a furry erotic comic book
- In Alienators: Evolution Continues, the Genus are monstrous alien organisms that have a high speed evolution
in business:
- Genus plc, a British biotechnology company
- Genus Limited, video and photographic accessories company
in sports:
See also
- Gens (disambiguation)
- Gender (disambiguation)
- Race (human categorization)
- Race (biology)
- Degeneracy (disambiguation)
- Jana (disambiguation)
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