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genes

2 definitions • 1 example

1

a part of the DNA in a cell that controls the physical development, behaviour, etc. of an individual plant or animal and is passed on from its parents:

Examples:

The illness is believed to be caused by a defective gene.

2

a specific chemical pattern on a chromosome (= cell structure) that is received from the parents and controls the development of particular characteristics in an animal or plant

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