Gene vs Genus - What's the difference?
gene | genus |
(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.
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, title= (biology, taxonomy) a rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank
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A group with common attributes.
*1945 , (Bertrand Russell), A History of Western Philosophy , p. 655:
*:Recollection is one of a whole genus of effects which are more or less peculiar to the phenomena that we naturally call "mental."
(topology) A number measuring some aspect of the complexity of any of various manifolds or graphs
(semantics) Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.
As nouns the difference between gene and genus
is that gene is 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 while genus is a rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank.As a proper noun Gene
is a diminutive of Eugene, also used as a formal male given name.gene
English
(wikipedia gene)Noun
(en noun)Karen McVeigh
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.}}
Derived terms
(terms derived from "gene") * * * * * * * * * * * * *See also
* allele * dominant * recessivegenus
English
Noun
(genera)- All magnolias belong to the genus ''Magnolia .
- Other species of the genus ''Bos'' are often called cattle or wild cattle.
- There are only two genera and species of seadragons .
- Müller criticized the division of the "Jubuleae" into two families and he cited Jubula as an annectant genus .