gene
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1. (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 (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | sequence, |
| definition | : | serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | dominant gene, |
| definition | : | gene that produces the same phenotype in the organism whether or not its allele identical (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | allele, allelomorph, |
| definition | : | (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | genetic marker, |
| definition | : | a specific gene that produces a recognizable trait and can be used in family or population studies (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | homeotic gene, |
| definition | : | one the genes that are involved in embryologic development (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | lethal gene, |
| definition | : | any gene that has an effect that causes the death of the organism at any stage of life (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | modifier, modifier gene, |
| definition | : | a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | mutant gene, |
| definition | : | a gene that has changed so that the normal transmission and expression of a trait is affected (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | nonallele, |
| definition | : | genes that are not competitors at the same locus (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | operator gene, |
| definition | : | a gene that activates the production of messenger RNA by adjacent structural genes (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | oncogene, transforming gene, |
| definition | : | a gene that disposes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | polygene, |
| definition | : | a gene that by itself has little effect on the phenotype but which can act together with others to produce observable variations (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | proto-oncogene, |
| definition | : | a normal gene that has the potential to become an oncogene (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | recessive gene, |
| definition | : | gene that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | repressor gene, |
| definition | : | gene that prevents a nonallele from being transcribed (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | structural gene, |
| definition | : | a gene that controls the production of a specific protein or peptide (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | transgene, |
| definition | : | an exogenous gene introduced into the genome of another organism (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | x-linked gene, |
| definition | : | a gene located on an X chromosome (noun.body) |
| part meronym | : | chromosome, |
| definition | : | a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order (noun.body) |
| part meronym | : | deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, dna, |
| definition | : | (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information (noun.substance) |
| domain category | : | genetic science, genetics, |
| definition | : | the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms (noun.cognition) |
| domain category | : | molecular biology, |
| definition | : | the branch of biology that studies the structure and activity of macromolecules essential to life (and especially with their genetic role) (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | genetic, genetical, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the science of genetics (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | genetic, genetical, genic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or produced by or being a gene (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | genetic, genetical, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the science of genetics (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | genetic, genetical, genic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or produced by or being a gene (adj.pert) |
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