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RELATED WORDS : dominant gene gene chip gene delivery vector gene expression gene kelly gene linkage gene mutation gene sarazen gene tunney holandric gene homeobox gene homeotic gene jumping gene lethal gene modifier gene mutant gene operator gene recessive gene regulator gene regulatory gene repressor gene structural gene suppresser gene suppressor gene transforming gene x-linked gene y-linked gene

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Noun gene has 1 sense

• gene(n = noun.body) cistron, factor - (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity; "genes were formerly called factors"
has particulars: dominant gene, allele, allelomorph, genetic marker, homeotic gene, lethal gene, linkage group, linked genes, modifier, modifier gene, mutant gene, nonallele, operator gene, oncogene, transforming gene, polygene, proto-oncogene, recessive gene, regulator gene, regulatory gene, repressor gene, structural gene, suppresser, suppresser gene, suppressor, suppressor gene, transgene, x-linked gene, holandric gene, y-linked gene
is a part of chromosome, deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, dna
is a kind of sequence
Derived forms adjective genetic₄, adjective genetical₂, adjective genetical₁, adjective genic₁

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gene

Altmann theory, DNA, DNA double helix, De Vries theory, Galtonian theory, Mendelianism, Mendelism, RNA, Verworn theory, Weismann theory, Weismannism, Wiesner theory, allele, allelomorph, anticodon, biotype, birth, character, chromatid, chromatin, chromosome, codon, deoxyribonucleic acid, determinant, determiner, diathesis, endowment, eugenics, factor, gene complex, gene flow, gene pool, genesiology, genetic code, genetic drift, genetics, genotype, hereditability, hereditary character, heredity, heritability, heritage, inborn capacity, inheritability, inheritance, mRNA, matrocliny, messenger RNA, nucleotide, operator gene, operon, patrocliny, pharmacogenetics, recessive character, regulator gene, replication, ribosomal RNA, structural gene, tRNA, transfer RNA

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