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"Gene" in a Sentence (16 examples)
DNA is a complex chemical that makes up a gene.
A great many people were opposed to gene therapy in terms of ethics.
In ethical terms, a great many people are opposed to gene therapy.
Some diseases are caused by a defective gene.
A black panther can be a jaguar or leopard, but in either case it has a gene that causes it to produce more melanin than other specimens.
As expected, expression of the gene was significantly reduced.
Tom has a rare gene mutation.
An international team of scientists has discovered that only a single gene is responsible for generating the rich patterns of colors in butterfly wings.
Some of the most exciting things that we’ve seen from looking at gene expression in space is that we really see an explosion, like fireworks taking off, as soon as the human body gets into space.
We’re finally going to be able to answer questions about the corona and solar wind raised by Gene Parker in 1958 – using a spacecraft that bears his name – and I can’t wait to find out what discoveries we make. The science will be remarkable.
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Near-synonym: cistron (often synonymous)
The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.
Holonym: locus
A change in a gene is reflected in the protein or RNA molecule that it codes for.
A length of DNA is divided into segments called chromosomes and shorter individual units called genes.
One way to define a gene (there are many, and they are not all equivalent) is as the bit of DNA that contains the information needed to make a specific protein or a functional RNA molecule.
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