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.
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» DNA is a complex chemical that makes up a gene.
ДНК - це складна хімічна сполука, що утворює гени. — ChickenKiev
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2 sensesA 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
Examples
52 sentencesDNA is a complex chemical that makes up a gene.
ДНК - це складна хімічна сполука, що утворює гени. — ChickenKiev
In ethical terms, a great many people are opposed to gene therapy.
Через етичні аспекти велика кількість людей виступає проти генної терапії. — ChickenKiev
A great many people were opposed to gene therapy in terms of ethics.
Велика кількість людей виступали проти генної терапії зважаючи на етичні аспекти. — ChickenKiev
deViele Menschen waren aus ethischen Gründen gegen Gentherapie. — Hans_Adler
We have the same genes.
У нас ті самі гени. — deniko
As expected, expression of the gene was significantly reduced.
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Origin
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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