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Gene

British pronunciation/d‍ʒˈiːn/
American pronunciation/ˈdʒin/
Gene
[NOUN]
1

(genetics) a basic unit of heredity and a sequence of nucleotides in DNA that is located on a chromosome in a cell and controls a particular quality

synonyms : cistron
factor
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gene definition and meaning
Examples
1. Our skin and hair still contain genes from Neanderthals' surviving genomes.
2. Do genes cause cancer?
3. Yes, genes play a role.
4. And genes control our behavior.
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