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Grammar : Noun
Spell : jeen
Phonetic Transcription : dʒin



Définition of gene

Origin :
  • 1911, from German Gen, coined 1905 by Danish scientist Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen (1857-1927), from Greek genea "generation, race" (see genus). De Vries had earlier called them pangenes. Gene pool is attested from 1950.
  • As in DNA : noun deoxyribonucleic acid
Example sentences :
  • Jack bueno, mebbyso Gene bueno, mebbyso Clark, mebbyso Donny all time bueno.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • "He wouldn't say a blamed thing about it," Gene complained sincerely.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • "And that's a lie," Gene amended, with the frankness of a foster-brother.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • "Well, you ask Clark, when you see him," Gene hinted darkly.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • Gene and Clark came in, sulky still, and inclined to snappishness when they did speak.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • "Clark and I was going up to the Injun camp," spoke up Gene.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • Gene and Clark did not much care how the thing was done—so long as it was done their way.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • Boys, have you happened to see Gene or Bob Johnson to-day, any of you?
  • Extract from : « Whispering Smith » by Frank H. Spearman
  • I am only sixteen, and no one ever calls me anything but Gene.
  • Extract from : « Mary's Rainbow » by Mary Edward Feehan
  • And Gene sank on the lowest step of the stairs and burst into tears.
  • Extract from : « Mary's Rainbow » by Mary Edward Feehan

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