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Concept information
Preferred term
genes
Type
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Topic
Definition
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The fundamental physical and functional unit of heredity. A gene is typically a specific segment of a chromosome and encodes a specific functional product (such as a protein or RNA molecule).
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- alleles
- antioxidant genes
- chloroplast genes
- cisgenes
- complementary genes
- dominant genes
- duplicate genes
- essential genes
- gene components
- homeotic genes
- immunoglobulin genes
- lethal genes
- major genes
- major histocompatibility complex
- mitochondrial genes
- modifiers (genes)
- multigene family
- oncogenes
- operon
- pseudogenes
- recessive genes
- regulator genes
- regulon
- reporter genes
- resistance genes
- structural genes
- suicide genes
- suppressor genes
- synthetic genes
- transgenes
- tumor suppressor genes
- unigenes
Synonyms
- cistron
In other languages
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Spanish
URI
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/6539
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