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dominant gene vs gene

gene vs dominant gene

dominant gene and gene both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
dominant gene Yes No No No
gene Yes No No No
As nouns, gene is a hypernym of dominant gene; that is, gene 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
  • gene: (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, factor.
dominant gene (noun) gene (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
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