gene
/dʒin/
noun
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DEFINITIONS1
NOUN
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”
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