gene

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See also Gene, gène, gêne, and gêné

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From German Gen, coined by Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”) from the aorist infinitive of γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “I come into being”).

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gene (plural genes)

  1. (genetics) 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.

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unit of heredity

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gene (not comparable)

  1. (the) latter (last of two)

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  • used in conjunction with deze (former)

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gene m. (plural geni)

  1. (genetics) gene

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gene m.

  1. (genetics) gene

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gene m. (plural genes)

  1. gene

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From Old Turkic yana.

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gene

  1. again
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