gene [ dʒiːn ] noun plural noun: genes 1. (in informal use) a unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring: playing tennis is in my genes synonyms: congenital characteristics · congenital traits · genetics · More 2. (in technical use) a distinct sequence of nucleotides forming part of a chromosome, the order of which determines the order of monomers in a polypeptide or nucleic acid molecule which a cell (or virus) may synthesize
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