gene - Definition from the MICROBES, GENETICS, BIOCHEM topic - HARD SCIENCE

Topic: MICROBES, GENETICS, BIOCHEM

Date:	1900-2000
Language:	German
Origin:	gen, from Greek genos 'birth, kind'

gene
noun

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HB a part of a cell in a living thing that controls what it looks like, how it grows, and how it develops. People get their genes from their parents:

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human genes

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the genes that regulate cell division

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