gene

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n. 基因 [化] 基因(遗传因子)

发音

US /d͡ʒiːn/

词形变化

genes 复数 genes

教材释义与例句

名词

基因，遗传因子

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms which may take several values and (in principle) predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.

    基因

    遗传子

    生物 医学

    Near-synonym: cistron (often synonymous)

  2. 2.

    A segment of DNA or RNA from a cell's or an organism's genome, that may take several forms and thus parameterizes a phenomenon, such as (often) the structure of a protein.

    Holonym: locus

    A change in a gene is reflected in the protein or RNA molecule that it codes for.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

factor cistron

上位词 1

sequence

下位词 10

modifier allele allelomorph genetic marker lethal gene nonallele oncogene polygene protooncogene suppresser

整体词 4

dna chromosome deoxyribonucleic acid desoxyribonucleic acid

相关短语

gene therapy 基因疗法 gene cassette gene silencing gene pool [遗] 基因库 gene pools (gene-pool 的复数) [遗] 基因库 gene expression [化] 基因表达 gene splicing 基因剪接；基因拼接法 gene therapies gene family gene families gene expressions gene product gene products gene bank gene transfer

词源

From German Gen, from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”), from the aorist infinitive of γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to come into being”). Coined by Danish botanist Wilhelm Ludwig Johannsen in 1909, in a German-language publication, from the last syllable of pangene.

来源：wiktionary