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Definition of Genes

1. gene [n] - See also: gene

Medical Definition of Genes

1. Located in the nucleus of the cell, genes contain hereditary information that is transferred from cell to cell. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genes

Literary usage of Genes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Genetics; an Introduction to the Study of Heredity by Herbert Eugene Walter (1922)
"THE ARRANGEMENT or THE genes Morgan assumes that if one per cent of cross-overs occurs this may be made to represent one arbitrary unit of distance between ..."

2. Readings in Evolution, Genetics, and Eugenics by Horatio Hackett Newman (1921)
"ARE DETERMINERS (genes) CONSTANT OR VARIABLE? In our study of the causes of mutations we were forced to admit that we are almost wholly ignorant of the ..."

3. Principles of Animal Biology by Aaron Franklin Shull, George Roger Larue, Alexander Grant Ruthven (1920)
"The two genes come from the two parents; one is in the egg before ... When the fertilized egg develops into an adult organism, the two genes for each ..."

4. Molecular Neurobiology: Proceedings of the Second Nimh Conference by Steven Zalcman (1995)
"In addition, a rapid induction of immediate early genes occurs after receptor stimulation ... Since early genes encode nuclear proteins which function as ..."

5. Novel Systems for the Study of Human Disease: From Basic Research to by OECD Staff (1998)
"Uncontrolled cellular proliferation occurs as a result of genetic alterations in genes that normally positively and negatively influence cellular ..."

6. The Physical Basis of Heredity by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1919)
"CHAPTER IX THE ORDER OF THE genes THE proof of the linear order of the genes is derived directly from the linkage data. ..."

7. Genetics; an Introduction to the Study of Heredity by Herbert Eugene Walter (1922)
"THE ARRANGEMENT or THE genes Morgan assumes that if one per cent of cross-overs occurs this may be made to represent one arbitrary unit of distance between ..."

8. Readings in Evolution, Genetics, and Eugenics by Horatio Hackett Newman (1921)
"ARE DETERMINERS (genes) CONSTANT OR VARIABLE? In our study of the causes of mutations we were forced to admit that we are almost wholly ignorant of the ..."

9. Principles of Animal Biology by Aaron Franklin Shull, George Roger Larue, Alexander Grant Ruthven (1920)
"The two genes come from the two parents; one is in the egg before ... When the fertilized egg develops into an adult organism, the two genes for each ..."

10. Molecular Neurobiology: Proceedings of the Second Nimh Conference by Steven Zalcman (1995)
"In addition, a rapid induction of immediate early genes occurs after receptor stimulation ... Since early genes encode nuclear proteins which function as ..."

11. Novel Systems for the Study of Human Disease: From Basic Research to by OECD Staff (1998)
"Uncontrolled cellular proliferation occurs as a result of genetic alterations in genes that normally positively and negatively influence cellular ..."

12. The Physical Basis of Heredity by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1919)
"CHAPTER IX THE ORDER OF THE genes THE proof of the linear order of the genes is derived directly from the linkage data. ..."

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