gene
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(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
Types & categories
- sequence hypernym
- dominant gene hyponym
- allele hyponym
- genetic marker hyponym
- homeotic gene hyponym
- lethal gene hyponym
- linkage group hyponym
- modifier gene hyponym
- mutant gene hyponym
- nonallele hyponym
- operator gene hyponym
- oncogene hyponym
- polygene hyponym
- proto-oncogene hyponym
- recessive gene hyponym
- regulatory gene hyponym
- repressor gene hyponym
- structural gene hyponym
- suppressor gene hyponym
- transgene hyponym
- X-linked gene hyponym
- Y-linked gene hyponym
Parts & wholes
- chromosome part holonym
- deoxyribonucleic acid part holonym
Related & opposite
- genetical derivation
- genetical derivation
- genetics domain topic
- molecular biology domain topic
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | genetical |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | genetical |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | genetics |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | molecular biology |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | chromosome |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | deoxyribonucleic acid |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | sequence |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dominant gene |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | allele |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | genetic marker |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | homeotic gene |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lethal gene |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | linkage group |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | modifier gene |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mutant gene |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nonallele |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | operator gene |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | oncogene |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | polygene |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | proto-oncogene |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | recessive gene |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | regulatory gene |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | repressor gene |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | structural gene |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | suppressor gene |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | transgene |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | X-linked gene |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Y-linked gene |