noun
(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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genes were formerly called factors
• Topics: ↑genetics, ↑genetic science, ↑molecular biology
• Hypernyms: ↑sequence
• Hyponyms:
↑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, ↑transgene, ↑X-linked gene, ↑Y-linked gene, ↑holandric gene
• Part Holonyms: ↑deoxyribonucleic acid, ↑desoxyribonucleic acid, ↑DNA, ↑chromosome
Useful english dictionary. 2012.