jpn: 遺伝子

Information
has URI	http://lexvo.org/id/term/jpn/%E9%81%BA%E4%BC%9D%E5%AD%90
character	Character U+907A
character	Character U+4F1D
character	Character U+5B50

Meaning
means	(noun) (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; "genes were formerly called factors" factor, gene, cistron