gene
IPA: dʒˈin
noun
- (genetics) A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.
- (molecular biology) A segment of DNA or RNA from a cell's or an organism's genome, that may take several forms and thus parameterizes a phenomenon, in general the structure of a protein; locus.
- A diminutive of Eugene, also used as a formal male given name.
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Examples of "gene" in Sentences
- The gene is recessive.
- Our body has resistive genes.
- Transformed genes are harmful.
- Is the gene recessive or dominant
- Mutations in the gene variegate animals.
- The point gene is recessive to the tabby gene.
- The olfactory receptor gene family is the largest in the genome.
- The gene is not the protein and and the protein is not the gene.
- The gene encodes a member of the glutamate transporter family of proteins.
- The goal is not to change the defective gene in every single cell in the body.
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