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genes
noun(gene)
a specific sequence of nucleotides in DNA or RNA that is located usually on a chromosome and that is the functional unit of inheritance controlling the transmission and expression of one or more traits by specifying the structure of a particular polypeptide and especially a protein or controlling the function of other genetic material
genes
noun(gene)
a gene that in some (such as homozygous) conditions may prevent development or cause the death of an organism or its germ cells —called also lethal factor, lethal mutant, lethal mutation
genes
noun(gene)
a gene that regulates the expression of one or more structural genes by controlling the production of a protein (such as a genetic repressor) which regulates their rate of transcription
genes
noun(gene)
a gene that codes for the amino acid sequence of a protein (such as an enzyme) or for a ribosomal RNA or transfer RNA

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