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Definition of gene noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

  

gene

 noun
noun
NAmE//dʒin//
 
(biology)
 
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  • a unit inside a cell that controls a particular quality in a living thing that has been passed on from its parents a dominant/recessive gene genes that code for the color of the eyes see genetic
    • Idioms
    be in the genes
     
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    to be a quality that your parents have passed on to you I've always enjoyed music—it's in the genes.
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