cistron vs suppressor

suppressor vs cistron

cistron and suppressor both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cistron	Yes	No	No	No
suppressor	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, suppressor is a hyponym of cistron; that is, suppressor 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
suppressor: a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene)

Other hyponyms of cistron include dominant gene, 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 gene, transgene, X-linked gene, holandric gene, Y-linked gene, epistatic gene.

cistron (noun)	suppressor (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	an electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents
	a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene)
	someone who suppresses

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