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gene

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noun

  1. (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity

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In my view his confrontational, gladiatorial style has been a major contributor to the widespread disdain of the British public for politicians generally.

My generation was raised on a diet of stultifyingly tedious, but worthy accounts of embryology, typically very badly printed on what appeared to be rice paper.

; Cohn, D.H.: Luciferase genes cloned from the unculturable luminous bacteroid symbiont of the Caribbean flashlight fish, Kryptopha - naron alfredi.

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allele

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noun

  1. (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character

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These two elements in the story, the unparalleled beauty and the long deep sleep, are what light up the mind and set one questioning.

However, Oktoberfest is also marketed as a student slosh fest of unparalleled quality and good times.

Loci of noncoding markers that have possible codominant alleles are in boldface italic type.

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