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Gen vs Gene - What's the difference?

gen | gene |

As nouns the difference between gen and gene

is that gen is chin while gene is embarrassment.

As a verb gene is

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gen

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A Niger-Congo language of Togo.

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    Etymology 2

    * Shortened from new generation, from (etyl) "generazione nuova"

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a member of the Gen Movement, a youth expression of the international Focolare Movement

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    gene

    English

    (wikipedia gene)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (genetics) A unit of heredity; a segment of DNA or RNA that is transmitted from one generation to the next, and that carries genetic information such as the sequence of amino acids for a protein.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author= Karen McVeigh
    • , volume=189, issue=2, page=10, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= US rules human genes can't be patented , passage=The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.}}

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    See also

    * allele * dominant * recessive