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(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
serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order
the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
the branch of biology that studies the structure and activity of macromolecules essential to life (and especially with their genetic role)
gene that produces the same phenotype in the organism whether or not its allele identical
(genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character