Definitions for genedʒin
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
genedʒin(n.)
the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA that provides the coded instructions for synthesis of RNA, which, when translated into protein, leads to the expression of hereditary character.
Category: Genetics
Origin of gene:
1911; < G Gen (1909), appar. independent use of -gen -gen ; introduced by Danish geneticist Wilhelm L. Johannsen (1857–1927)
Princeton's WordNet
gene, cistron, factor(noun)
(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"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
gene(noun)ʒin
an area on the DNA of a cell that carries information about the qualities or features sb inherits from their parents
the gene for being left-handed; Do we learn bad behavior or is it in our genes?
Wiktionary
gene(Noun)
A unit of heredity; a segment of DNA or RNA that is transmitted from one generation to the next, and that carries genetic information such as the sequence of amino acids for a protein.
Gene(ProperNoun)
A diminutive of Eugene, also used as a formal male given name.
Origin: From Gen, coined by Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen from
Translations for gene
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
gene(noun)
any of the basic elements of heredity, passed from parents to their offspring
If the children are red-haired, one of their parents must have a gene for red hair.
- geenAfrikaans
- مورَثَهArabic
- генBulgarian
- genePortuguese (BR)
- genCzech
- das GenGerman
- genDanish
- γονίδιοGreek
- genSpanish
- geenEstonian
- ژنFarsi
- geeniFinnish
- gèneFrench
- גֶּןHebrew
- जीन, वंशHindi
- genCroatian
- génHungarian
- genIndonesian
- gen, erfðavísirIcelandic
- geneItalian
- 遺伝子Japanese
- 유전자Korean
- genasLithuanian
- gēnsLatvian
- genMalay
- genDutch
- genNorwegian
- genPolish
- ژنPersian
- ژنPashto
- genePortuguese
- genăRomanian
- генRussian
- génSlovak
- genSlovenian
- genSerbian
- gen, arvsanlagSwedish
- ยีนThai
- genTurkish
- 基因Chinese (Trad.)
- генUkrainian
- نسلی توریث کی اکائیUrdu
- (sinh vật học) gienVietnamese
- 基因Chinese (Simp.)
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