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English

Etymology

From German Gen, from Ancient Greek ????? (geneá, “generation, descent”), from the aorist infinitive of ???????? (gígnomai, “I come into being”). Coined by the Danish biologist Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen in a German-language publication, from the last syllable of pangene.

Pronunciation

• enPR: j?n, IPA^(key): /d?i?n/
• Rhymes: -i?n
• Homophones: Gene, Jean

Noun

gene (plural genes)

1. (genetics) 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.

   Coordinate term: cistron
2. (molecular biology) 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.

Usage notes

In the simplest case and in principle, a gene locus is supposed to be the physical reality corresponding to the theoretical gene unit of heredity; in practice, things are far more complicated and confused, which is well known and acknowledged. However, these questions are the subject of still very active scientific research, as well as the topic of both scientific and philosophical questions, especially on the real compatibility between both senses of the term.

Derived terms

Related terms

• pangene

See also

• locus
• allele
• dominant
• recessive

Translations

Further reading

• gene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• Enge

Danish

Etymology

From French gêne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sje?n?/, [??e?n?]

Noun

gene c (singular definite genen, plural indefinite gener)

1. inconvenience, nuisance (something that bothers)

Inflection

References

• “gene” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?n?

Adjective

gene

1. Inflected form of geen

Anagrams

• geen, neeg, nege

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d???.ne/
• Rhymes: -?ne
• Hyphenation: gè?ne

Etymology 1

From German Gen.

Noun

gene m (plural geni)

1. (genetics) gene

Related terms

• genetica
• genetico
• genetista
• genico
• genotipo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

gene f pl

1. plural of gena

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *g?n, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?n?/

Determiner

gêne

1. that over there, yonder

Descendants

• Dutch: geen

Further reading

• “ghene (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “gene”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN

Portuguese

Noun

gene m (plural genes)

1. (genetics) gene

Related terms

• genética
• genético

Further reading

• “gene” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d??ene]

Etymology 1

Noun

gene f

1. indefinite plural of gen?
2. indefinite genitive/dative singular of gen?

Etymology 2

Noun

gene f

1. indefinite plural of gean?
2. indefinite genitive/dative singular of gean?

Spanish

Noun

gene m (plural genes)

1. gene

   Synonym: gen

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic *yana (*yana, “again”), from Proto-Turkic *yan- (“to return, turn back”).

Adverb

gene

1. (colloquial) yine (again)

Noun

gene

1. dative singular of gen

English

Etymology

From up- +? regulation.

Noun

upregulation (countable and uncountable, plural upregulations)

1. (genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors increases in order to increase sensitivity

Related terms

• upregulate

See also

• downregulation