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Research Notes on Gene
A gene is a locatable region of genomic sequence, corresponding to a unit of inheritance, which is associated with regulatory regions, transcribed regions and/or other functional sequence regions. The physical development and phenotype of organisms can be thought of as a product of genes interacting with each other and with the environment. A concise definition of a gene, taking into account complex patterns of regulation and transcription, genic conservation and non-coding RNA genes, has been proposed by Gerstein et al. "A gene is a union of genomic sequences encoding a coherent set of potentially overlapping functional products". ...more from Wikipedia
Fast Facts:
- There has never been a generally accepted definition of the “gene” in genetics.1
- The existence of genes was first suggested by Gregor Mendel during the 1860's.2
- The total set of genes in an organism is known as its genome.2
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