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
- genes were formerly called factors
Synonymscistron, factor,
Hyponymsallele, dominant gene, genetic marker, homeotic gene, lethal gene, linkage group, modifier, mutant gene, nonallele, oncogene, operator gene, polygene, proto-oncogene, recessive gene, regulatory gene, repressor gene, structural gene, suppressor, transgene, X-linked gene, Y-linked gene,
Hypernymssequence,
Holonymschromosome, deoxyribonucleic acid,
Type ofsequence,
Typesallele, allelomorph, dominant gene, genetic marker, holandric gene, homeotic gene, lethal gene, linkage group, linked genes, modifier, modifier gene, mutant gene, nonallele, oncogene, operator gene, polygene, proto-oncogene, recessive gene, regulator gene, regulatory gene, repressor gene, structural gene, suppresser, suppresser gene, suppressor, suppressor gene, transforming gene, X-linked gene, Y-linked gene,
Part ofchromosome, deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA,
See alsogenetic,