Laeborari ea GENIMAL e etsa liteko ho mafu a tšoaetsanoang le mafu a lefutso. Mafu a tšoaetsanoang ke mafu a bakoang ke likokoana-hloko, hangata likokoana-hloko kapa libaktheria. Mafu a lefutso ke mafu ka lebaka la liphetoho tsa liphatsa tsa lefutso tsa phoofolo, ea DNA ea eona. Mafu a lefutso a fetisoa ho tloha molokong o mong ho ea ho o mong ho tloha ho batsoali ho ea ho bana. Mafu a tšoaetsanoang a ka phekoloa ka lithethefatsi tse loketseng tse kang lithibela-mafu. Mafu a lefutso a ke ke a phekoloa hajoale. Ho felisa lefu la liphatsa tsa lefutso tharollo feela ke ho tšela liphoofolo tse se nang li-allele tse sa batleheng tsa lefu la lefutso le amehang.