부모에게서 자식으로 물려져 형질을 결정하는 유전의 기본 단위.
A unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and determines some characteristic of the offspring.
예문:
"The researchers identified a gene linked to increased longevity."
"She carries the gene for red hair, though her own hair is brown."
염색체의 일부를 구성하며 단백질이나 핵산의 합성을 결정하는 특정 뉴클레오타이드 서열.
A distinct sequence of nucleotides forming part of a chromosome, which determines the order of monomers in a polypeptide or nucleic acid molecule.
예문:
"The gene was cloned and inserted into a bacterial plasmid."
"Each gene consists of exons and introns in eukaryotic organisms."