gene

Significado (English)

1. A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.
2. A segment of DNA or RNA from a cell's or an organism's genome, that may take several forms and thus parameterizes a phenomenon, in general the structure of a protein; locus.

Conceptos

gen

gene

genes

Synonyms

factor

cistron

breed

brood

family

👪

gender

genetic

genus

ilk

issue

kin

kind

race

sex

👉👌

species

stock

strain

genetic factor

genetic agent

Gen

Gẽ

Gen-Gbe

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/d͡ʒiːn/

Etimología (English)

From German Gen, from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”), from the aorist infinitive of γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “I come into being”). Coined by Danish botanist Wilhelm Ludwig Johannsen in 1909, in a German-language publication, from the last syllable of pangene.