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| Sounds | jhiy'n |
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| Rhymes | Aberdeen, Abilene, acetylcholine, and 183 more rhymes in iyn... |
| Meaning | (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. |
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| Examples | "genes were formerly called factors" |
| Synonyms | cistron, factor |
| Part of | chromosome; deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA |
| Category | genetics, genetic science; molecular biology |
| Broader | sequence |
| Narrower | 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; regulatory gene, regulator gene; repressor gene; structural gene; suppressor, suppresser, suppressor gene, suppresser gene; X-linked gene; Y-linked gene, holandric gene |
| Adjectives | genic, genetic, genetical; genetic, genetical |
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