gene

noun

/dʒiːn/

(biology)Idioms

jump to other results

a unit inside a cell that controls a particular quality in a living thing that has been passed on from its parents
- a dominant/recessive gene
- genes that code for the colour of the eyes
see also genetic
Wordfinder
- biology
- biotechnology
- breed
- cell
- chromosome
- DNA
- gene
- mutation
- organism
- protein
Extra Examples
- Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.
- Genes control the development of an embryo.
- The gene is passed on to their children.
- We may be able to identify the genes responsible for disease resistance.
- people who carry the gene that causes this disease
Topics Biologyb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- dominant
- recessive
- abnormal
- …
verb + gene
- carry
- have
- pass on
- …
gene + verb
- affect something
- be responsible for something
- cause something
- …
gene + noun
- pool
- defect
- mutation
- …
preposition
- gene for
See full entry
Word Originearly 20th cent.: from German Gen, from Pangen, a supposed ultimate unit of heredity (from Greek pan- ‘all’ + genos ‘race, kind, offspring’).

Idioms

be in the genes

to be a quality that your parents have passed on to you
- I've always enjoyed music—it's in the genes.

单词	gene
释义	gene noun /dʒiːn/ /dʒiːn/ (biology)Idioms jump to other results a unit inside a cell that controls a particular quality in a living thing that has been passed on from its parents a dominant/recessive gene genes that code for the colour of the eyes see also genetic Wordfinder biology biotechnology breed cell chromosome DNA gene mutation organism protein Extra Examples Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code. Genes control the development of an embryo. The gene is passed on to their children. We may be able to identify the genes responsible for disease resistance. people who carry the gene that causes this disease Topics Biologyb2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective dominant recessive abnormal … verb + gene carry have pass on … gene + verb affect something be responsible for something cause something … gene + noun pool defect mutation … preposition gene for See full entry Word Originearly 20th cent.: from German Gen, from Pangen, a supposed ultimate unit of heredity (from Greek pan- ‘all’ + genos ‘race, kind, offspring’). Idioms be in the genes to be a quality that your parents have passed on to you I've always enjoyed music—it's in the genes. Gene /dʒiːn/ /dʒiːn/ (North American English) jump to other results a first name for boys, short for Eugene compare Jean
随便看	Lonsdale Belt loo loofah look look_1 look_2 look after look-after look ahead look-ahead lookalike look-and-say look around look-around look around for look-around-for look at look-at look back look-back Look Back in Anger look-back-in-anger look down on look-down-on looker

gene

Gene