Exact Match:
- gene
- (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"
Synonyms:
- Altmann theory,
- DNA,
- DNA double helix,
- De Vries theory,
- Galtonian theory,
- Mendelianism,
- Mendelism,
- RNA,
- Verworn theory,
- Weismann theory,
- Weismannism,
- Wiesner theory,
- allele,
- allelomorph,
- anticodon,
- biotype,
- birth,
- character,
- chromatid,
- chromatin,
- chromosome,
- codon,
- deoxyribonucleic acid,
- determinant,
- determiner,
- diathesis,
- endowment,
- eugenics,
- factor,
- gene complex,
- gene flow,
- gene pool,
- genesiology,
- genetic code,
- genetic drift,
- genetics,
- genotype,
- hereditability,
- hereditary character,
- heredity,
- heritability,
- heritage,
- inborn capacity,
- inheritability,
- inheritance,
- mRNA,
- matrocliny,
- messenger RNA,
- nucleotide,
- operator gene,
- operon,
- patrocliny,
- pharmacogenetics,
- recessive character,
- regulator gene,
- replication,
- ribosomal RNA,
- structural gene,
- tRNA,
- transfer RNA