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English *noun*: gene
1.	gene (body) (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
		Samples	Genes were formerly called factors.
		Synonyms	cistron, factor
		Broader (hypernym)	sequence
		Narrower (hyponym)	allele, allelomorph, dominant gene, genetic marker, holandric gene, homeotic gene, lethal gene, linkage group, linked genes, modifier, modifier gene, mutant gene, nonallele, oncogene, operator gene, polygene, proto-oncogene, recessive gene, regulator gene, regulatory gene, repressor gene, structural gene, suppresser, suppresser gene, suppressor, suppressor gene, transforming gene, transgene, X-linked gene, Y-linked gene
		Part meronym	chromosome, deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA
		Domain category	genetic science, genetics, molecular biology

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