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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

group, grouping go
any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

arrangement go
an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit

ordination, order, ordering go
logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements

series go
similar things placed in order or happening one after another

sequence go
serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern

gene, cistron, factor
(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain

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dominant gene go
gene that produces the same phenotype in the organism whether or not its allele identical
allele, allelomorph go
(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
genetic marker go
a specific gene that produces a recognizable trait and can be used in family or population studies
homeotic gene go
one the genes that are involved in embryologic development
lethal gene go
any gene that has an effect that causes the death of the organism at any stage of life
linkage group, linked genes go
any pair of genes that tend to be transmitted together
modifier, modifier gene go
a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene
mutant gene go
a gene that has changed so that the normal transmission and expression of a trait is affected
nonallele go
genes that are not competitors at the same locus
operator gene go
a gene that activates the production of messenger RNA by adjacent structural genes
oncogene, transforming gene go
a gene that disposes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells
polygene go
a gene that by itself has little effect on the phenotype but which can act together with others to produce observable variations
proto-oncogene go
a normal gene that has the potential to become an oncogene
recessive gene go
gene that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical
regulatory gene, regulator gene go
a gene that produces a repressor substance that inhibits an operator gene
repressor gene go
gene that prevents a nonallele from being transcribed
structural gene go
a gene that controls the production of a specific protein or peptide
suppressor, suppresser, suppressor gene, suppresser gene go
a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene)
transgene go
an exogenous gene introduced into the genome of another organism
X-linked gene go
a gene located on an X chromosome
Y-linked gene, holandric gene go
a gene located on a Y chromosome