cistron vs dominant gene

dominant gene vs cistron

cistron and dominant gene both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cistron	Yes	No	No	No
dominant gene	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dominant gene is a hyponym of cistron; that is, dominant gene is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cistron:

cistron: (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
dominant gene: gene that produces the same phenotype in the organism whether or not its allele identical

Other hyponyms of cistron include allele, allelomorph, genetic marker, homeotic gene, lethal gene, linkage group, linked genes, modifier, modifier gene, mutant gene, nonallele, operator gene, oncogene, transforming gene, polygene, proto-oncogene, recessive gene, regulator gene, regulatory gene, repressor gene, structural gene, suppresser, suppresser gene, suppressor, suppressor gene, transgene, X-linked gene, holandric gene, Y-linked gene, epistatic gene.

cistron (noun)	dominant gene (noun)
(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity	gene that produces the same phenotype in the organism whether or not its allele identical

Difference between cistron and dominant gene

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