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Definitions of gene in various dictionaries:
noun - (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain
A hereditary unit that occupies a specific location on a chromosome and determines a particular characteristic in an organism.
noun - a hereditary unit
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| In 1909 Dutch botanist Wilhelm Johannsen first proposed this name for the unit of heredity in living things |
| In a lab in 1972 David Baltimore created one of these basic portions of a chromosome |
| Researchers have traced a cause of retinitis pigmentosa to one of these on the X chromosome |
| Middle name of cowboy star Orvon Autry |
| A single unit of hereditary information |
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| A hereditary unit consisting of a sequence of DNA that occupies a specific location on a chromosome and determines a particular characteristic in an organism. Genes undergo mutation when their DNA sequence changes. |
| (in informal use) a unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring. |
| (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 |
| a part of the DNA in a cell that controls the physical development, behaviour, etc. of an individual plant or animal and is passed on from its parents: |
| a specific chemical pattern on a chromosome ( cell structure) that is received from the parents and controls the development of particular characteristics in an animal or plant |
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| Gene, Morobe, PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
| Gene, Mayo-Kebbi, CHAD |
| Gene, Vasternorrlands Lan, SWEDEN |
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In biology, a gene is a sequence of DNA or RNA that codes for a molecule that has a function. During gene expression, the DNA is first copied into RNA. The RNA can be directly functional or be the intermediate template for a protein that performs a function. The transmission of genes to an organism's offspring is the basis of the inheritance of phenotypic traits. These genes make up different DNA sequences called genotypes. Genotypes along with environmental and developmental factors determine what the phenotypes will be. Most biological traits are under the influence of polygenes (many different genes) as well as geneenvironment interactions. Some genetic traits are instantly visible, such as eye color or number of limbs, and some are not, such as blood type, risk for specific diseases, or the thousands of basic biochemical processes that constitute life. * Genes can acquire mutations in their sequence, leading to different variants, known as alleles, in the population. These alleles en |