gene

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Gene

See also Gene

Pronunciation

IPA ^(key): /dʒiːn/, SAMPA: /dZi:n/
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Homophones: Jean, Gene

Noun

Singular
gene

Plural
genes

(countable) A gene is a chemical instruction in a person, animal, plant, or other living thing, telling how to make a protein. The genes are found in the nucleus (middle part) of cells, and tell how to make the organism (living thing).
I have a blue-eye gene.

The biologists changed the fly's genes, so it grew legs where its eyes should be.

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