gene

[dʒiːn]

Definition:
1. A unit inside a cell which controls a particular quality in a living thing that has been passed on from its parents.

Use 'gene' in a sentence:

• 1. Cole's past work has linked various kinds of chronic adversity to a particular gene expression pattern.
• 2. Most people with only one copy of the gene—"carriers"—survive and pass the gene to offspring.
• 3. Their work includes the identification of genes which govern the growth rate and fertility.
• 4. Objective to investigate the change of gene expression in human transitional cell carcinoma ( tcc).
• 5. We all know that we are the product of our genes, but what are all the steps from gene to us?
• 6. By cross-breeding with our native red deer, the sika deer have affected the gene pool.
• 7. The change separated populations of insects now living along opposite shore, completely cutting off gene flow between them.
• 8. Girls in an affected family can also be tested to see if they carry the defective gene.
• 9. The scientists want to locate the position of the gene on a chromosome.
• 10. Gene flow is relatively free because individuals can move and then mate with individuals in their new location.
• 11. In practice, such insects are worse off than they would be without this gene.
• 12. The gene is only part of the causation of illness.
• 13. By cross-breeding with our native red deer, the skia deer have affected the gene pool.
• 14. A workout after breakfast improves gene performances.
• 15. We could carry that one step further by taking the same genes and putting them into another crop.
• 16. More studies will be required before we know what the functions of these genes are and whether they relate to each other.
• 17. We're looking at gene promoters and what would be their master switch.
• 18. Since shaking is not healthy, ethologists do not consider Shaker a behavioral gene.
• 19. In the case of Lymnaea peregra, studies indicate that a dextral gene is expressed during egg formation.
• 20. You have good genes from your parents, so you should live a long time.
• 21. Genes determine the characteristics of every living thing.
• 22. Scientists would soon be able to manipulate human genes to control the ageing process.
• 23. So a gene usually cannot be passed on, unless it's an exact copy.
• 24. The technique has been to mutate the genes by irradiation or chemicals.
• 25. As a lawyer, I would deprecate any sort of legal control on gene therapy at this stage.
• 26. A gene that helps neutralize aluminum toxicity in rice has been identified.
• 27. They do not have his genes.
• 28. It is far too early to make sweeping statements about gene therapy.
• 29. This is too bad given the more beneficial gene expression pattern associated with meaningfulness.
• 30. Now, the problem is solved by injecting it directly into the cell. Shown here, that's one issue with gene delivery.
• 31. The project is nothing less than mapping every gene sequence in the human body.
• 32. If the gene is present, a human embryo will go on to develop as a male.
• 33. So how long can a gene survive in a species if it is no longer used?
• 34. There can be more than two alleles for a gene.
• 35. He found evidence of mutated forms of the gene.
• 36. The gene for asthma has been identified.
• 37. "I'm trying three methods of breeding," Farrant says, "conventional, genetic modification and gene editing."
• 38. The gene is activated by a specific protein.
• 39. Now, the gene they discovered today doesn't account for all those cases.
• 40. Gene clerked at the auction.
• 41. Because it is carried by a dominant gene, an affected individual can expect about half of his or her children to inherit the illness.
• 42. Variation among humans is limited to the possible permutations of our genes.
• 43. Sickle-cell anaemia is passed on through a recessive gene.
• 44. I've always enjoyed music ─ it's in the genes.
• 45. Embryonic development seems to be controlled principally by a very small number of master genes.
• 46. They have one abnormal gene from that parent and one normal gene from the other parent.
• 47. Protein synthesis begins when the gene encoding a protein is activated.
• 48. If a copy of a gene is a bit different from the original, that's called a genetic mutation.
• 49. In the absence of gene flow between the subpopulations, genetic differences between the groups begin to accumulate.
• 50. Natural selection ensures only the fittest survive to pass their genes on to the next generation.
• 51. Researchers are still trying to isolate the gene that causes this abnormality.
• 52. We can use genetic engineering techniques to isolate the gene that is responsible.
• 53. A variation of a gene can influence people's social behavior.