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- [jeen]
- /dʒin/
- /dʒiːn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [jeen]
- /dʒin/
Definitions of genes word
- noun genes a male given name, form of Eugene. 1
- noun genes Plural form of gene. 1
- noun genes plural of gene. 0
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Origin of genes
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 Genes
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pronoun
preposition
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determiner
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genes 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".
genes usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for genes
noun genes
- 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
- gene — James Joseph ("Gene") 1898–1978, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1926–28.
- 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).
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