Noun: gene jeen
- (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";
- cistron, factor
Derived forms: genes
Type of: sequence
Part of: chromosome, deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA
Encyclopedia: Gene, Maine-et-Loire