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Definition of Genes
1. gene [n] - See also: gene
Medical Definition of Genes
1. Located in the nucleus of the cell, genes contain hereditary information that is transferred from cell to cell. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genes
Literary usage of Genes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Genetics; an Introduction to the Study of Heredity by Herbert Eugene Walter (1922)
"THE ARRANGEMENT or THE genes Morgan assumes that if one per cent of cross-overs
occurs this may be made to represent one arbitrary unit of distance between ..."
2. Readings in Evolution, Genetics, and Eugenics by Horatio Hackett Newman (1921)
"ARE DETERMINERS (genes) CONSTANT OR VARIABLE? In our study of the causes of
mutations we were forced to admit that we are almost wholly ignorant of the ..."
3. Principles of Animal Biology by Aaron Franklin Shull, George Roger Larue, Alexander Grant Ruthven (1920)
"The two genes come from the two parents; one is in the egg before ... When the
fertilized egg develops into an adult organism, the two genes for each ..."
4. Molecular Neurobiology: Proceedings of the Second Nimh Conference by Steven Zalcman (1995)
"In addition, a rapid induction of immediate early genes occurs after receptor
stimulation ... Since early genes encode nuclear proteins which function as ..."
5. Novel Systems for the Study of Human Disease: From Basic Research to by OECD Staff (1998)
"Uncontrolled cellular proliferation occurs as a result of genetic alterations in
genes that normally positively and negatively influence cellular ..."
6. The Physical Basis of Heredity by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1919)
"CHAPTER IX THE ORDER OF THE genes THE proof of the linear order of the genes is
derived directly from the linkage data. ..."
7. Genetics; an Introduction to the Study of Heredity by Herbert Eugene Walter (1922)
"THE ARRANGEMENT or THE genes Morgan assumes that if one per cent of cross-overs
occurs this may be made to represent one arbitrary unit of distance between ..."
8. Readings in Evolution, Genetics, and Eugenics by Horatio Hackett Newman (1921)
"ARE DETERMINERS (genes) CONSTANT OR VARIABLE? In our study of the causes of
mutations we were forced to admit that we are almost wholly ignorant of the ..."
9. Principles of Animal Biology by Aaron Franklin Shull, George Roger Larue, Alexander Grant Ruthven (1920)
"The two genes come from the two parents; one is in the egg before ... When the
fertilized egg develops into an adult organism, the two genes for each ..."
10. Molecular Neurobiology: Proceedings of the Second Nimh Conference by Steven Zalcman (1995)
"In addition, a rapid induction of immediate early genes occurs after receptor
stimulation ... Since early genes encode nuclear proteins which function as ..."
11. Novel Systems for the Study of Human Disease: From Basic Research to by OECD Staff (1998)
"Uncontrolled cellular proliferation occurs as a result of genetic alterations in
genes that normally positively and negatively influence cellular ..."
12. The Physical Basis of Heredity by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1919)
"CHAPTER IX THE ORDER OF THE genes THE proof of the linear order of the genes is
derived directly from the linkage data. ..."