- Microscopic, yet powerful, a gene is segment of DNA, the molecule that stores the code for building living bodies.
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- n. [遗] 基因，遗传因子
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1. a dominant gene, a recessive gene
显性╱隐性基因
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2. genes that code for the colour of the eyes
为眼睛的颜色编码的基因
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3. I've always enjoyed music—it's in the genes.
我向来喜欢音乐，这是拜父母所赐。
- gene (n.) 1911, from German Gen, coined 1905 by Danish scientist Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen (1857-1927), from Greek genea "generation, race," from PIE root *gene- "give birth, beget." De Vries had earlier called them pangenes. Gene pool is attested from 1946.
gene / dʒiːn ; NAmE dʒiːn / noun ( biology 生 ) a unit inside a cell which controls a particular quality in a living thing that has been passed on from its parents 基因 ◆ a dominant/recessive gene 显性╱隐性基因 ◆ genes that code for the colour of the eyes 为眼睛的颜色编码的基因 ☞see also genetic IDIOM be in the ˈgenes to be a quality that your parents have passed on to you 基因使然；是遗传的 ◆ I've always enjoyed music—it's in the genes. 我向来喜欢音乐，这是拜父母所赐。 gene genes gene / dʒiːn ; NAmE dʒiːn /
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