Definition of Pangene

1. Noun. (obsolete genetics) A supposed particle with which heritable character was transmitted during cell division ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pangene

1. pangen [n -S] - See also: pangen

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pangene

panfry
panfrying
panful
panfuls
pang
pang of conscience
panga
pangamic
pangamic acid
pangamies
pangamy
pangas
pangasius
panged
pangen
pangene (current term)
pangenes
pangeneses
pangenesis
pangenetic
pangens
pangful
panging
pangless
panglossia
pangolin
pangolins
pangram
pangrammatic
pangrams

Literary usage of Pangene

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. On the Genesis of Species by St. George Jackson Mivart (1871)
"pangene- sis scarcely superior to Anterior Hypothesis.—Buffon.—Owen.—Herbert Spencer.—" Gemmules " as Mysterious as " Physiological Units."—Conclusion. ..."

2. Intracellular Pangenesis: Including a Paper on Fertilization and Hybridization by Hugo de Vries (1889)
"Herrschen im Keime die pangene des Vaters vor, so wird das Kind diesem ... Treten gewisse pangene in Zahl hinter den übrigen zurück, so ist die von ihnen ..."

3. Plant-breeding: Being Six Lectures Upon the Amelioration of Domestic Plants by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1912)
"The pangene may be active or passive. That is, the variety may be a variety because one or more of its characters has become latent (retrogressive), ..."

4. Darwinism To-day: A Discussion of Present-day Scientific Criticism of the by Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1907)
"Latent or patent, potentially or evidently, the character is always there where is the corresponding pangene. Each cell contains a great number of ..."

5. Die stofflichen Grundlagen der Vererbung im organischen Reich: Versuch einer by Eduard Strasburger (1905)
"Wie viel väterliche und mütterliche pangene bei ihrer darauffolgenden Trennung wieder ... Chromosomen in der Zahl der pangene und, was das wichtigste ist, ..."

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