cistron
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Definitions
Noun
(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"
More Specific Terms
allele
allelomorph
dominant gene
genetic marker
holandric gene
homeotic gene
lethal gene
linkage group
linked genes
modifier
modifier gene
mutant gene
nonallele
oncogene
operator gene
polygene
proto-oncogene
recessive gene
regulator gene
regulatory gene
repressor gene
structural gene
suppresser
suppresser gene
suppressor
suppressor gene
transforming gene
transgene
X-linked gene
Y-linked gene