All of these abilities are passed on to us by genetic transmission; we receive them by way of the genes that we inherit from our parents.
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Genes
/d͡ʒiːnz/
Synonyms for "genes" (10 found)
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Noun(2 words)
coding regiondna segment
Strong matches (3)
Noun(3 words)
encoding sequencegene poolgene set
Related words (5)
Noun(5 words)
genetic coding sequencegenetic elementgenetic repertoiregenetic unithereditary unit
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6 entriesDNA sequencegenetic contentgenetic sequencegenetic unitgenome contenthereditary unit
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7 entriesRNA geneessential geneshousekeeping genesprotein coding genepseudogeneregulatory generegulatory genes
Collocations
6 entriesgene editinggene expressiongene poolgene regulationhousekeeping genesregulatory genes
Derivations
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Humans are the vehicles that genes use to propagate themselves.
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If you could choose the genes for your children, would you?
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Genes consist of a specific sequence of DNA.
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