Synonym: cistron, factor. Similar words: genetic, generous, generate, in general, generation gap, the general public, scene, energy. Meaning: [dʒɪːn] n. (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.
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(91) The other contained a pea gene for the production of a poison called lectin.
(92) The gene pool of the resulting subgroups would be too small to ensure the viability of the population.
(93) Numbers on the top scale indicate nucleotide positions corresponding to the gene 62 promoter.
(94) An account of the development of behaviour within an individual would have to mention a series of environmental influences on gene expression.
(95) Consider the case of a new, supercharged mutant gene that appears in a bacterium.
(96) Research on the family has enabled scientists to identify a defective gene responsible for causing the disease.
(97) The long reach of the gene An uneasy tension disturbs the heart of the selfish gene theory.
(98) For patients with a family history of colon cancer, one in three carried the mutated gene.
(99) A gene has the particular effect that it does only because there is an existing structure upon which to work.
(100) Many more tests Mike Urmston of the Norwich Union says the use of genetic test results benefits most people with gene disorders.
(101) Some women may carry a gene that increases the risk of breast cancer.
(102) Soon the population consists of hermaphrodites and females, the latter possessing the male-killing gene.
(103) The finding that this gene appears to play a role across ethnic groups is very exciting.
(104) Research that will identify a funny gene or chromosome or whatever.
(105) And last year,[www.Sentencedict.com] scientists at Rockefeller University identified the gene that appears to be successful in treating obesity in animals.
(106) About 1 percent of the population has the gene from both parents, according to the New York researchers.
(107) If we leap far enough, all the genes will be copies of one single gene in our ancestral population.
(108) It is also among our deeply held convictions that gene switching is the basis of both cell memory and change.
(109) More worrying, the long-finned gene seems to be creeping into broods where it's not wanted.
(110) They inserted an extra gene and ended up with a virus that wiped out all the test animals within nine days.
(111) Now, however, it is possible to identify specific gene components that contain the relevant hereditary information.
(112) Because the disorder is specific to B cells, it may be a candidate for somatic gene therapy.
(113) When her daughter has children, they will also carry the gene and develop the illness.
(114) Scientists believe the suppressor gene can be inactivated by tobacco, viruses, pollution or diet.
(115) They've found a gene which they think could be passed on by parents to their children.
(116) Antibodies raised against the gene product identify a polypeptide with a relative molecular mass of about 400K in all tissues examined.
(117) In familial cases without a gene defect regular echocardiograms are the only practicable screening method.
(118) Just one base wrong in a particular DNA sequence may cause a coding error in the protein formed by that gene.
(119) We are not looking for a single gene which is wholly responsible for a disorder or a behavioural predisposition.
(120) Expectations for Verplank soared after that tour victory in 1985, the first by an amateur since Gene Littler in 1954.
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