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gene

英 [dʒiːn] 美[dʒin]
  • n. [遗] 基因,遗传因子

英英释意


1. (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"