GENE
\d͡ʒˈiːn], \dʒˈiːn], \dʒ_ˈiː_n]\
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a segment of DNA found on a chromosome that codes for a particular protein; a unit of heredity; "genes were formerly called factors"
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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; "genes were formerly called factors"
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Specific sequences of nucleotides along a molecule of DNA (or, in the case of some viruses, RNA) which represent the functional units of heredity. The majority of eukaryotic genes contain coding regions (codons) that are interrupted by non-coding regions (introns) and are therefore labeled split genes.
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Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
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