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gene: (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; "genes were formerly called factors"
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A DNA sequence that codes for a specific polypeptide; a gene. See DNA; gene.
Ãâó: www.fao.org/docrep/003/X3910E/X3910E06.htm
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sequence of DNA that codes for a single polypeptide chain; sometimes used interchangeably with the terms gene and locus. This term currently sees little usage
Ãâó: www-hsc.usc.edu/~dconti/notes/genetic_terms.htm
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the DNA segment in a genome determining a single gene product
Ãâó: www.celltec.de/ct/en/help/glossary.htm
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