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a single segment of DNA which when combined determine inherited traits such as hair color or height

gene = a single segment of DNA which when combined determine inherited traits

genes = segments of DNA that determine biological traits such as hair color

It can be argued that youthful derring-do is in fact evolutionarily adaptive, a behavior encoded in our genes.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

genes = inherited biology responsible for inherited traits

The weird thing is, though you'd never know it from looking at them: both my parents carry that mutant gene.
R.J. Palacio -- Wonder

gene = segment of DNA that can influence biological traits

Shawn's undergoing this painful and expensive procedure is the reason my parents would take me to an orthodontist to correct the same defect, which was genetic.
Tara Westover -- Educated

genetic = inherited

"A change in gene," Charles Wallace quoted, "resulting in the appearance in the offspring of a character which is not present in the parents but which is potentially transmissible to its offspring."
Madeleine L'Engle -- A Wrinkle in Time

gene = a segment of DNA that can influence biological traits

We don't know exactly what causes the type of phenylketonuria that Charlie was suffering from as a child—some unusual biochemical or genetic situation, possibly ionizing radiation or natural radiation or even a virus attack on the fetus—
Daniel Keyes -- Flowers for Algernon — Novel

genetic = related to DNA

genetic = segments of DNA which when combined determine biological traits such as hair color or height

Since the mid-1800s, scientists had studied genes by breeding plants and animals in specific ways—a smooth pea with a wrinkled one...
Rebecca Skloot -- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

genes = single segments of DNA which when combined determine inherited traits

A single microscopic bacterium, too small to see with the naked eye, but containing the genes for a heart-attack enzyme,
Michael Crichton -- Jurassic Park

genes = single segments of DNA (combine to determine inherited traits)

—whatever it was resulted in a defective gene which produces a, shall we say, 'maverick enzyme' that creates defective biochemical reactions.
Daniel Keyes -- Flowers for Algernon — Novel

gene = segment of DNA

Think of the enzyme produced by the defective gene as a wrong key which fits into the chemical lock of the central nervous system—but won't turn.
Daniel Keyes -- Flowers for Algernon — Novel

gene = segment of DNA

If he marries someone who has the gene, their kids will have the same odds as my kids.
R.J. Palacio -- Wonder

gene = segment of DNA that can influence biological traits

Which means they'll carry the gene no matter what, but they could look totally normal.
R.J. Palacio -- Wonder

gene = segment of DNA that can influence biological traits

Geneticists use these Punnett squares to determine inheritance, recessive and dominant genes, probabilities and chance.
R.J. Palacio -- Wonder

genes = segments of DNA that when combined determine biological traits

Countless doctors have drawn little tic-tac-toe grids for my parents over the years to try to explain the genetic lottery to them.
R.J. Palacio -- Wonder

genetic = related to inherited traits or DNA

There's that other part of his genetic makeup that's not inherited but just incredibly bad luck.
R.J. Palacio -- Wonder

genetic = related to inherited traits or DNA

That doesn't mean they'll look like August, but they'll carry the gene that got double-dosed in August and helped make him the way he is.
R.J. Palacio -- Wonder

gene = segment of DNA that can influence biological traits

If I have children, there's a one-in-two chance that I will pass on the defective gene to them.
R.J. Palacio -- Wonder

gene = segment of DNA that can influence biological traits

Sometimes they're inherited from one parent carrying the dominant gene.
R.J. Palacio -- Wonder

gene = segment of DNA that can influence biological traits

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