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gene

gene
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [jeen]
    • /dʒin/
    • /dʒiːn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [jeen]
    • /dʒin/

Definitions of gene word

  • noun gene James Joseph ("Gene") 1898–1978, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1926–28. 1
  • noun gene (in informal use) a unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring. 1
  • noun gene biology: unit of DNA 1
  • countable noun gene A gene is the part of a cell in a living thing which controls its physical characteristics, growth, and development. 0
  • noun gene a unit of heredity composed of DNA occupying a fixed position on a chromosome (some viral genes are composed of RNA). A gene may determine a characteristic of an individual by specifying a polypeptide chain that forms a protein or part of a protein (structural gene); or encode an RNA molecule; or regulate the operation of other genes or repress such operation 0
  • noun gene a masculine name 0
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Origin of gene

First appearance:

before 1911
One of the 15% newest English words
1911; < German Gen (1909), apparently abstracted from -gen -gen; introduced by Danish geneticist Wilhelm L. Johannsen (1857-1927)

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Parts of speech for Gene

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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gene popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for gene

noun gene

  • heredity — the transmission of genetic characters from parents to offspring: it is dependent upon the segregation and recombination of genes during meiosis and fertilization and results in the genesis of a new individual similar to others of its kind but exhibiting certain variations resulting from the particular mix of genes and their interactions with the environment.
  • rna — biology: ribonucleic acid
  • chromosome — A chromosome is a part of a cell in an animal or plant. It contains genes which determine what characteristics the animal or plant will have.
  • genetic code — the biochemical instructions that translate the genetic information present as a linear sequence of nucleotide triplets in messenger RNA into the correct linear sequence of amino acids for the synthesis of a particular peptide chain or protein. Compare codon, translation (def 9).
  • nucleic acid — any of a group of long, linear macromolecules, either DNA or various types of RNA, that carry genetic information directing all cellular functions: composed of linked nucleotides.
All 6 Synonyms of gene

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Related words

  • gene transfer

    Biotechnology. the insertion of copies of a gene into living cells in order to induce synthesis of the gene's product: the desired gene may be microinjected directly into the cell or it may be inserted into the core of a virus by gene splicing and the virus allowed to infect the cell for replication of the gene in the cell's DNA.

  • regulatory gene

    any gene that exercises control over the expression of another gene or genes.

  • artificial gene

    a duplicate gene synthesized in the laboratory by combining nucleotides in a sequence characteristic of the copied gene.

  • designer gene

    a gene altered or created by genetic engineering, especially for use in gene therapy.

  • northern blot

    Biology, Medicine/Medical. a procedure for studying the activity of a specific gene, as in testing for a hereditary defect: RNA fragments in an extract of a cell population or a tissue are separated by gel electrophoresis, transferred to a filter, and then hybridized with labeled DNA or RNA derived from a laboratory-engineered copy of the gene in order to identify the size and abundance of the RNA expressed by that gene.

  • recombinant dna technology

    any of various techniques for separating and recombining segments of DNA or genes, often employing a restriction enzyme to cut a gene from a donor organism and inserting it into a plasmid or viral DNA for transplantation into a host organism, where the gene causes the production of a desired substance either for harvesting or for the benefit of the host organism itself.
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