gene
A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms which may take several values and…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.
» We inherit our genes from our parents.
Мы наследуем свои гены от родителей.
Мы наследуем гены от родителей.
Значение
значений: 2A 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.
Near-synonym: cistron (often synonymous)
Gen
генgen
генhen, спадко́веньspadkóvenʹ
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.
Holonym: locus
A change in a gene is reflected in the protein or RNA molecule that it codes for.
- (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
Примеры
предложений: 52We inherit our genes from our parents.
Мы наследуем свои гены от родителей.
Some diseases are caused by a defective gene.
Некоторые болезни возникают из-за дефектного гена.
The function of most genes remains a mystery.
Предназначение большинства генов остаётся загадкой.
deDie Funktion der meisten Gene bleibt ein Rätsel.
If you could choose the genes for your children, would you?
Если бы вы могли выбрать гены для своих детей, то стали бы?
Without the random mutation of genes there would be no evolution.
Эволюции не было бы без случайной генной мутации.
Переводы
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Происхождение
From German Gen, from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”), from the aoristFrom German Gen, from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”), from the aorist infinitive of γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to come into being”). Coined by Danish botanist Wilhelm Ludwig Johannsen in 1909, in a German-language publication, from the last syllable of pangene.
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