Gene



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 基因
• ［英］ n. 基因 ( unit in a chromosome which controls heredity)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: German Gen, short for Pangen, from pan- + -gen
• Date: 1911
• 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

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