Gene
Gene noun - (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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Synonyms for Gene
Sequence and gene are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sequence" instead a noun "Gene".
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- One common method of studying protein expression in cells is by inserting a sequence that codes for a green fluorescent protein structure into the gene that codes for the protein that they are interested in tracking.
Source: Useful Notes / Genetics - There are a number of ways for information to be added, subtracted, or simply changed in a gene sequence.
Source: Useful Notes / Evolution -
Licensed Pinball Table Match Sequence: As Gene Simmons waggles his tongue, a pair of digits flash to his right.
Source: Pinball / KISS (Stern)
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