单词 | gene complex |
释义 | > as lemmasgene complex gene complex n. Genetics (a) a set of functionally related genes; (in later use) spec. a group of closely linked genes coding for a similar or identical product, which are typically regulated together but do not form a single transcriptional unit; (b) the genotype or the genes of an organism, or some subset of them, considered as a unit. ΚΠ 1912 W. E. Castle et al. Heredity & Eugenics vii. 135 If it is a question of which of a lot of beans is homozygous for the gene-complex of large size, the complexity of factors concerned may require a greater number of progeny. 1912 Amer. Naturalist 46 651 Gradual isolation of races having the proper gene complex for complete expression of the characters is to be expected. 1950 J. S. Huxley Huxley Memorial Lect. (Royal Anthropol. Inst.) 3/2 Integrative mechanisms, such as the nervous and endocrine systems, are quite distinct from the transmissive mechanism of the gene-complex in the chromosomes. 1961 Lancet 7 Jan. 14/2 The Rh genotype of the person concerned was described as D– –/D– –, and it was considered possible that the C and E portions of the Rh gene complex had been lost by deletion from the Rh chromosome. 1964 C. A. Clarke Genetics for Clinician iv. 48 Part of this variability in the phenotype..arises because some genes are unable to manifest their effects in a particular gene-complex. 2011 Cellular & Molecular Life Sci. 68 977/2 Gene complexes can vary in size starting from a pair of genes (e.g., en/inv complex)..and up to five genes or more (e.g., hox, heart and globin complex). < as lemmas |
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