GENE


Meaning of GENE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈjēn ]

noun

Etymology: German Gen, short for Pangen, from pan- + -gen

Date: 1911

: a specific sequence of nucleotides in DNA or RNA that is located usually on a chromosome and that is the functional unit of inheritance controlling the transmission and expression of one or more traits by specifying the structure of a particular polypeptide and especially a protein or controlling the function of other genetic material

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