Gene

  1. Proper noun.  A diminutive of Eugene, also used as a formal male given name.
  2. Noun.  (genetics) A unit of heredity; a segment of DNA or RNA that is transmitted from one generation to the next, and that carries genetic information such as the sequence of amino acids for a protein.

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