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gene

A segment of DNA that carries genetic information for a specific trait

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Narrower term 3

allele 76% connected

A variant form of a gene

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Modifier 76% connected

One who, or that which, modifies.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Suppressor 76% connected

One who suppresses.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 1

Sequence 76% connected

The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Containing whole 2

Chromosome 70% connected

One of the minute bodies into which the chromatin of the nucleus is resolved during mitotic cell division; the idant of Weismann.

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DNA 70% connected

The molecule that carries genetic information in living organisms

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Factor 92% connected

One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for ot…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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