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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.

Some of my remarks here are directed toward conventional scientists, who generally refrain from commenting critically on the wild ideas of a few of their colleagues because it is bad manners.

There is a tradition of magickal practice in my family but sadly it fell into abeyance a couple of generations back.

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genetically

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adverb

  1. 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.

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