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noun
The unit of hereditary material (e.g. DNA) that encodes one protein.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: gene
Antonyms: none provided
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: gene, factor
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sequence
Narrower terms: dominant gene, allele, allelomorph, genetic marker, homeotic gene, lethal gene, linkage group, linked genes, modifier, modifier gene, mutant gene, nonallele, operator gene, oncogene, transforming gene, polygene, proto-oncogene, recessive gene, regulatory gene, regulator gene, repressor gene, structural gene, suppressor, suppresser, suppressor gene, suppresser gene, transgene, X-linked gene, Y-linked gene, holandric gene
History
Coined by American molecular biologist Seymour Benzer in 1957, from cis + trans + -on. Named in the context of using a "cis-trans comparison" for identifying " [...] whether two mutants, having similar defects, are indeed defective in the same way."
