CISTRON

(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

Example: "Genes were formerly called factors"

• factor  11
• gene  5

• sequence  19

• dominant gene
• allele  6
• allelomorph  18
• genetic marker
• • homeotic gene
  • lethal gene
  • linkage group
  • linked genes
  • modifier  14
  • modifier gene
  • mutant gene
  • nonallele
  • operator gene
  • oncogene  11
  • transforming gene
  • polygene  14
  • proto-oncogene
  • recessive gene
  • regulator gene
  • regulatory gene
  • repressor gene
  • structural gene
  • suppresser  14
  • suppresser gene
  • suppressor  14
  • suppressor gene
  • transgene  10
  • x-linked gene
  • holandric gene
  • y-linked gene
  • epistatic gene
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