- The functional and physical unit of heredity passed from parent to offspring. Genes are pieces of DNA, and most genes contain the information for making a specific protein.
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Definition from: Unified Medical Language System
(Physician Data Query)
at the National Library of Medicine
- The
basic unit of heredity, consisting of a segment of DNA arranged in a linear
manner along a chromosome, which codes for a specific protein or segment
of protein leading to a particular characteristic or function
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Definition from: GeneTests
from the University of Washington and Children's Health System, Seattle
- The functional and physical unit of heredity passed from parent to offspring. Genes are pieces of DNA, and most genes contain the information for making a specific protein.
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Definition from: National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health
- The fundamental physical and functional unit of heredity. A gene is an ordered sequence of nucleotides located in a particular position on a particular chromosome that encodes a specific functional product (i.e., a protein or RNA molecule).
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Definition from: Human Genome Project Information
at the U.S. Department of Energy
