gene

Nouns

  • (n) (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
    cistron, factor,

Synonyms

cistron factor

Words of close approximity

Genf gens Gent genu
Geb gee gel gem gen get
gean gear geek geld gelt Genf gens Gent genu germ geta Geum
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