Difference between gene and genetically
Definitions
noun
- (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
Examples
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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adverb
- by genetic mechanisms
Examples
As sea levels rose and the northern Channel Islands separated, each fox population became genetically distinct.
Could the answer for dental plaque be a transplant, not of teeth but of genetically engineered bacteria?
As if a lentivirus from a genetically modified cocoa plant is going to implant a promoter in out cells that will lead to cancer.
