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gene
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[dʒiːn], (Noun)
Definitions:
- (in informal use) a unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring
(e.g: playing tennis is in my genes)
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Origin
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early 20th century: from German Gen, from Pangen, a supposed ultimate unit of heredity (from Greek pan- ‘all’ + genos ‘race, kind, offspring’)
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