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Synonyms
Antonyms
1. cistron
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.
Synonyms
- homeotic gene
- polygene
- proto-oncogene
- Y-linked gene
- genetic marker
- suppressor gene
- transforming gene
- nonallele
- modifier gene
- mutant gene
- recessive gene
- oncogene
- gene
- DNA
- deoxyribonucleic acid
- regulator gene
- dominant gene
- chromosome
- lethal gene
- X-linked gene
- repressor gene
- structural gene
- suppresser
- regulatory gene
- linked genes
- suppresser gene
- modifier
- allele
- linkage group
- transgene
- sequence
- allelomorph
- factor
- operator gene
- desoxyribonucleic acid
- suppressor
