Antonyms for gene
dʒingene

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1. gene, cistron, factornoun

   (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

   "genes were formerly called factors"

   Synonyms:
   broker, component, element, factor, divisor, cistron, ingredient, constituent, agent

How to use gene in a sentence?

1. Bob Goalby:

   There’s a part where he says, ‘ I was particularly thrilled by your exquisite second shot to the 15th, which was the finest I have seen played to that hole. ’ Jones was present when Gene Sarazen made Gene Sarazen double eagle there in 1935, so that’s some high praise.

2. Steven Quay:

   These gene jockeys have put in a furin site into a virus that didn't have one in the laboratory, eleven out of 11 times it makes it more effective, more transmissible, more lethal -- all the bad things you'd want. So if you want to juice up a virus and make it more infective or make it go from bats to humans, putting in a furin cleavage site is a great idea.

3. Laura Van Doormaal:

   It's critical she gets the( treatment) as soon as possible, it won't be able to reverse any damage that's being done to her right now, but it will give her the gene she needs to live.

4. Mike Rowe:

   The handy gene, as you may have noticed, is recessive. And as certain as I was that I would follow in his footsteps, I just didn't get the skills. So I got into entertainment.

5. David Graham:

   A clinically important [antibiotic resistance gene] originating from South Asia is clearly not local to the Arctic.

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