gene

Definitions

1. A unisex given name.
2. A diminutive of the male given name Eugene, also used as a formal male given name.
3. A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms which may take several values and (in principle) predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.
4. A female given name, used as a formal female given name.
5. A diminutive of the female given name Genevieve
6. A segment of DNA or RNA from a cell's or an organism's genome, that may take several forms and thus parameterizes a phenomenon, such as (often) the structure of a protein.
7. A diminutive of the female given name Eugenia
8. A surname

Equivalents

43 more languages

Afrikaansgeen

العربيةالجينجينمورثة

বাংলাজিন

Catalàgen

Češtinagengenový

Danskgen

Ελληνικάγονίδιο

Esperantoĝeno

فارسیژن

Suomigeeniperintötekijä

Gaeilgegéin

Gàidhliggine

Galegoxene

ગુજરાતીજનીન

עבריתגן

हिन्दीजीनपित्रैकवंशाणु

Magyargén

Հայերենգեն

Bahasa Indonesiagen

Íslenskagen

Italianogene

日本語基因遺伝子

ქართულიგენი

Қазақ тіліген

ភាសាខ្មែរសែនហ្សែន

한국어유전자

Kurdîgengenehenehenêxenê+ 2 more

Latviešugēns

Македонскиген

Bahasa Melayugen

Nederlandsgen

Polskigengenowy

Portuguêsgene

Românăgenă

Русскийген

Svenskagen

தமிழ்மரபணு

Türkmençegeň

Tagaloghene

Türkçegen

Українськагенспадковень

اردوجین

Tiếng Việtgen

Examples

“Near-synonym: cistron (often synonymous)”

“The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.”

“Holonym: locus”

“A change⟳ in a gene is reflected in the protein or RNA molecule that it codes for.”

“A length of DNA is divided into segments called chromosomes and shorter individual units called genes.”

“One way to define⟳ a gene (there are many, and they are not all equivalent) is as the bit of DNA that contains the information needed to make⟳ a specific protein or a functional RNA molecule.”

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