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.