名詞 gene:

1. (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
   同義詞：cistron, factor

1. The position that a given gene occupies on a chromosome.
   基因座在一條染色體上某種給定基因所占的位置
2. In addition to gene, intelligence also depends on an adequate diet, a good education and a decent home environment.
   除了遺傳基因外，智力的高低還取決于良好的營(yíng)養(yǎng)，良好的教育和良好的家庭環(huán)境。
3. A gene that causes the transformation of normal cells into cancerous tumor cells, especially a viral gene that transforms a host cell into a tumor cell.
   致癌基因?qū)е抡＜?xì)胞轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)榘┳兗?xì)胞的基因，尤其是一種把寄主的細(xì)胞變?yōu)槟[瘤細(xì)胞的病毒基因
4. The degree to which an expressed gene produces its effects in an organism.
   基因的表現(xiàn)度描述一個(gè)組織中的一個(gè)基因產(chǎn)生作用的程度

gene

n.（名詞）
A hereditary unit that occupies a specific location on a chromosome and determines a particular characteristic in an organism. Genes exist in a number of different forms and can undergo mutation.
基因：在一個(gè)染色體中占據(jù)一定位置的一種遺傳個(gè)體，它決定有機(jī)體組織的特殊特征?；蛞院枚喾N不同形式出現(xiàn)，能發(fā)生變異

來(lái)源：
From Greek genos [race, offspring] * see gen…-
源自 希臘語(yǔ) genos [家族，后代] *參見(jiàn) gen…-