Gene At Biology Glossary

What is it? segregating and heritable determinant of the phenotype. The fundamental physical and functional unit of heredity, which carries information from one generation to the next. A segment of DNA, composed of a transcribed region and regulatory sequences that make possible transcription. See also cistron; locus; Mendels first law.

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