dominant gene vs factor

factor vs dominant gene

dominant gene and factor both are nouns.

dominant gene is not a verb while factor is a verb.

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

As nouns, factor is a hypernym of dominant gene; that is, factor is a word with a broader meaning than dominant gene:

dominant gene: gene that produces the same phenotype in the organism whether or not its allele identical
factor: (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

Other hypernyms of dominant gene include cistron, gene.

dominant gene (noun)	factor (noun)
gene that produces the same phenotype in the organism whether or not its allele identical	(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 abstract part of something
	an independent variable in statistics
	anything that contributes causally to a result
	a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
	one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer
	any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together

dominant gene (verb)	factor (verb)
	resolve into factors
	consider as relevant when making a decision
	be a contributing factor

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