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Synonyms for genes

Grammar : Noun
Spell : jeen
Phonetic Transcription : dÊ’in

Définition of genes

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 :
  • If you can change the genes in one cell, you can change them in another.
  • Extract from : « Card Trick » by Walter Bupp AKA Randall Garrett
  • The aliens changed our genes so we would be able to use all of our brains.
  • Extract from : « Earth Alert! » by Kris Neville
  • If you wish to change hereditary characteristics, you must change the genes.
  • Extract from : « Earth Alert! » by Kris Neville
  • Mother's brains began to get hurt and kicked around when she was small, I think—but not by the genes.
  • Extract from : « The Trial of Callista Blake » by Edgar Pangborn
  • They have to alter the genes—acquired characters would be of use only in a short-term project, and this is long-term.
  • Extract from : « One Way » by Miriam Allen deFord
  • Fortunately, the pair of well-worn trousers were Freds, for had they been Genes they would never have answered.
  • Extract from : « Center Rush Rowland » by Ralph Henry Barbour
  • If our genes have been bollixed up, we've got to find out why and how and get to work on it immediately.
  • Extract from : « Where There's Hope » by Jerome Bixby
  • As usual, damage was sustained by the genes, but this damage was of a peculiar and highly special sort.
  • Extract from : « The Image and the Likeness » by John Scott Campbell
  • Goat indicated one of his charts, showing a diagram of genes and chromosomes in different colors.
  • Extract from : « Rebels of the Red Planet » by Charles Louis Fontenay
  • Its implicit assumption is that memes, the spiritual equivalent of genes, are subject to mechanisms of evolution.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin

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