Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A hereditary unit consisting of a sequence of DNA that occupies a specific location on a chromosome and determines a particular characteristic in an organism. Genes undergo mutation when their DNA sequence changes.
Wiktionary
Etymologies
- From German Gen, coined by Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, "generation, descent") from the aorist infinitive of γίγνομαι (gígnomai, "I come into being"). (Wiktionary)
- German Gen, from gen-, begetting, in Greek words (such as genos, race, offspring). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“$found = 1; last; die "Did not find gene $gene in $root. txt" unless $found = 1;”
“Amir Karimuddin: @gene Thanks for your confirmation. gene: @Amir i double checked, the sh1810c is chinese market model, sh810c is japanese model, not a big issue though:)”
“Children who inherit the sickle cell gene (S) from one parent and another abnormal hemoglobin gene from the other parent may have different types of sickle cell disease.”
“People with any other type of sickle cell disease have inherited the S gene from one parent and another abnormal hemoglobin gene from the other parent.”
“Of course, philosophers do not deny that biologists use the term gene, but many philosophers believe gene is a dummy term, a placeholder for many different concepts.”
“In fact, philosophers have often been frustrated by the tendency of biologists to define and use the term gene in a number of contradictory ways in one and the same textbook.”
“Gene skeptics such as Burian, Portin, and Fogle claim that the term gene has outlived its usefulness.”
“Weber (2005) examines the evolution of the gene concept by tracing changes in the reference of the term gene through the history of genetics.”
“If the globin gene is damaged (marked by an arrow) it may, for example, lead to the formation of a larger than normal exon during splicing (B), or to the formation of a completely new exon (C).”
“A normal beta-globin gene is presented in A, and two mutated genes that result in beta-thalassemia are shown in B and C. Arrows mark the position of point mutations.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘gene’.
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*e?e
Words whose last and third-to-last letters are both "e".
here, eke, were, complete, mete, replete, adhere, where, mere, sphere, austere, aesthete and 99 more...
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Headlines & Newsmakers
frugality, environment, extinction, bible, killer, jazz, cloning, dead, god, moon, global warming, bailout and 340 more...
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Common English Words That Are Also Fi...
art, bob, bill, grace, hope, john, heather, pat, amber, jack, dale, glen and 170 more...
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Yazhinni Spelling bee
tongue, stallion, scruple, salinity, schedule, rouge, populist, Permian, perspire, pasteurize, multitude, mournful and 227 more...
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Words build meanings from origins( et...
These come from gamma meditation ,I think.
discursive, exogenous, machinations, purportedly, sumptuous, congruity, cantankerous, incongruous, festoon, hessian, ratiocinative, stratigraphic and 2046 more...
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Scrabble Names
Given names that were acceptable for play the last time I checked the OWL.
kris, ray, barb, morris, kat, mark, maria, erica, marge, mason, hunter, hazel and 168 more...
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Philosophic , etymology
every major discipline has uniquely developed esoteric nomenclature to facilitate interdisciplinary dissemination
quale , qualia, elegy, tacet, lexicon, annunciate, caste, eros, contrive, purlicue, irony, venacular, dilapidate and 567 more...
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gene phrases /words
how gene is used
gene bank, gene-based, gene chip, gene cloning, gene cluster, gene complex, gene expression, gene family, gene map, gene mapping, gene mutation, gene pool and 19 more...
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Ends in ene
Words that, like my name, end in -ene. Excluding strictly chemical names.
aeschynomene, advene, abietene, achene, alberene, alcmene, ctene, scene, intervene, contravene, obscene, serene and 15 more...
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science (collective opinion)
random scientific terms from a group of one hundred 16-18 year olds to choose 100 words that, in their collective opinion, represent crucial factors and concepts influencing trends in science today...
symbiosis, stem cell, solution, research, reaction, pressure, relativity, particle, probability, wave, organism, pollution and 90 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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Bébé to Zeze
A more narrow version of *e?e by pterodactyl, this one is ?e?e.
nese, were, rete, tele, sene, deme, dere, meme, rese, here, jefe, rede and 131 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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astrosfan's Words
pantaloons, schadenfreude, astonishing, eve, static, freeze, luscious, voluptuous, stagnant, mimic, speed, vespertillinoid and 302 more...
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MY WORDS
egoist, entomologists, egotist, altruist, introvert, extrovert, ambivert, misanthrope, misogynist, misogamist, ascetic, Altruism and 193 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for gene.
oroboros Man dies--genes reminisce...(It is thus that the old are nostalgic, and men dream of life after death.)--Jan Cox Apr 6, 2007