gene

gene
[dʒiːn]
noun
  1. (Biology)(in informal use) a unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring
    (生)非正式遗传因子
    divorce is determined by your genes.
    离婚是你们家遗传的。
    ■(in technical use) a distinct sequence of nucleotides forming part of a chromosome, the order of which determines the order of monomers in a polypeptide or nucleic acid molecule which a cell (or virus) may synthesize
    (技)基因
语源
  1. early 20th cent.: from German Gen, from Pangen, a supposed ultimate unit of heredity (from Greek pan- 'all' + genos 'race, kind, offspring')
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