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Noun Concept

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gene cistron factor Big gene Cistronic

(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 WordNet 3.0

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In biology, the word gene can have several different meanings. Wikipedia

A cistron is an alternative term for "gene". Wikipedia

Sequence of DNA or RNA that codes for a molecule that has a function. Wikipedia Disambiguation

Basic physical and functional unit of heredity Wikidata

A unit of heredity composed of DNA occupying a fixed position on a chromosome. A gene may determine a characteristic of an individual by specifying a polypeptide chain that forms a protein or part of a protein OmegaWiki

The unit of hereditary material (e.g. DNA) that encodes one protein; sometimes used interchangeably with the word gene. Wiktionary

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. Wiktionary

Unit of heredity. Wiktionary (translation)

Genes were formerly called factors WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

IS A

sequence

compound

nucleic acid sequence

biological sequence

HAS PART

carbon

oxygen

five prime untranslated region

untranslated region