WordCmp.com

mutant gene vs gene

gene vs mutant gene

mutant gene and gene both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
mutant gene Yes No No No
gene Yes No No No
As nouns, gene is a hypernym of mutant gene; that is, gene is a word with a broader meaning than mutant gene:
  • mutant gene: a gene that has changed so that the normal transmission and expression of a trait is affected
  • 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 mutant gene include cistron, factor.
mutant gene (noun) gene (noun)
a gene that has changed so that the normal transmission and expression of a trait is affected (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
Difference between mutant gene and gene

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.