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recessive gene vs cistron

cistron vs recessive gene

recessive gene and cistron both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
recessive gene Yes No No No
cistron Yes No No No
As nouns, cistron is a hypernym of recessive gene; that is, cistron is a word with a broader meaning than recessive gene:
  • recessive gene: gene that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical
  • 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
Other hypernyms of recessive gene include factor, gene.
recessive gene (noun) cistron (noun)
gene that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is 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
Difference between recessive gene and cistron

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