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What is a gene?

What is a gene? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (genetics) A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms ; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.
  2. (molecular biology) A segment of DNA or RNA from a cell's or an organism's genome, that may take several forms and thus parameterizes a phenomenon, in general the structure of a protein; locus.
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Studies of how polyelectrolytes interact with membranes are important for understanding and improving the process of gene delivery.
If this research is going to succeed, if we're talking about gene therapy, you have to clone some cells, don't you?
Several forms of familial hypercholesterolemia are the result of genetic defects in the gene encoding the receptor for low-density lipoprotein.
In some cases, children with dominant single gene disorders are born to normal parents.
Typically, altered gene dosage caused by karyotypic abnormalities results in embryonic lethality or birth defects.
The presence in wheat kernels of a cathepsin B gene led the search for its barley counterpart.

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