gene
A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms which may take several values and (in principle) predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.
Noun 2 meanings
A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms which may take several values and (in principle) predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.
“Near-synonym: cistron (often synonymous)”
A segment of DNA or RNA from a cell's or an organism's genome, that may take several forms and thus parameterizes a phenomenon, such as (often) the structure of a protein.
“Holonym: locus”
Etymology
From German Gen, from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”), from the aorist infinitive of γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to come into being”). Coined by Danish botanist Wilhelm Ludwig Johannsen in 1909, in a German-language publication, from the last syllable of pangene.
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GENE at a glance
GENE has 4 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (G 2 + E 1 + N 1 + E 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,808 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with gene
All rhymes- SCENE7
- HYGIENE14
- INTERVENE12
- OBSCENE11
- SERENE6
- CONVENE12
- GRAPHENE14
- KEROSENE12
- PLEISTOCENE15
- POLYETHYLENE23
- MAGDALENE13
- ETHYLENE14
One letter away
- GONE5
- GENT5
- BENE6
- NENE4
- GENS5
- GERE5
- DENE5
- GENA5
- GANE5
- MENE6
- SENE4
- PENE6
- GENU5
- TENE4
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