All 4 Uses of
gene
in
White: The Great Pursuit
- Nearly every laboratory with a genetics or drug-related research facility had been connected to Genetrix laboratories after the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization's facilities had proven inadequate.†
Chpt 14genetics = the science related to DNA sequences or units of heredity that influence biological traits
- Although her backdoor antivirus proved to be insufficient, Monique had brought one critical piece of information back with her: the gene manipulations she'd designed when creating the Raison Vaccine were at least one part of the antivirus.
Chpt 14gene = single segments of DNA which when combined determine inherited traits
- Valborg Svensson never would have kept her alive as long as he did unless he needed the information she gave him-namely, the genetic manipulations that completed his antivirus.†
Chpt 14 *genetic = related to DNA sequences or units of heredity that influence biological traits
- Maybe it was a genetic thing.†
Chpt 29
Definitions:
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(1)
(gene as in: the gene impacts eye color) a DNA sequence or unit of heredity that influences biological traits
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(2)
(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus:
More commonly, Gene can be a person's name.