GENE

4 letters 5 Scrabble points /dʒiːn/

Definition of GENE

noun

  1. A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.

  2. A segment of DNA or RNA from a cell's or an organism's genome, that may take several forms and thus parameterizes a phenomenon, in general the structure of a protein; locus.

    "A change in a gene is reflected in the protein or RNA molecule that it codes for."

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters G E N E
Length 4 letters
Scrabble Score 5 points

Words Containing "GENE"

ABIOGENESES ABIOGENESIS ABIOGENESIST ABIOGENETIC ABIOGENETICAL ABIOGENETICALLY ADENOGENESIS AEROGENE AEROGENES AEROGENESIS AFIBRINOGENEMIA AGAMOGENESIS AGAMOGENETIC AGENE AGENES AGENESES AGENESIA AGENESIAS AGENESIC AGENESIS

Words Starting with "GENE"

GENEAL GENEALOGY GENEALOGIC GENEALOGICAL GENEALOGICALLY GENEALOGIES GENEALOGIST GENEALOGISTS GENEALOGIZE GENEALOGIZER GENEAR GENEARCH GENEAT GENEAUTRY GENECOLOGY GENECOLOGIC GENECOLOGICAL GENECOLOGICALLY GENECOLOGIST GENECOR

Words Ending with "GENE"

AEROGENE AGENE ALCOGENE ALLOGENE ALLOTHIGENE ALPIGENE AMPHIGENE ANALGENE ANTIGENE ANTIPATHOGENE ATRAGENE AUTHIGENE CATOGENE CHROMOGENE CYMOGENE CYTOGENE CLEISTOGENE DIAMINOGENE DIPHOSGENE EMOGENE