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Definition of: gene
(jēn) noun Biol.
The chemically complex unit which is assumed to be the carrier of specific physical characters from parents to offspring, being transmitted through the chromosomes of the gametes and subject to many influences, as mutation, translocation, crossing over, radiation. X-rays, etc.: also called factor. [<Gk. genea breed, kind]
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