Gene vs Gwa - What's the difference?
gene | gwa |
(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= Allelic association for genes throughout a genome.
* 2010 , Vicki Glaser, "Turning Data into Genomic Medicine" in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News , Vol 30, No 21, pg. 36.
As a noun gene
is embarrassment.As a verb gene
is .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 * recessivegwa
English
Noun
(-)- The results of large-scale GWA studies are increasingly populating leading scientific journals and facilitating family-based linkage analysis and disease association studies, she [Debbie Nickerson, Ph.D.] noted.
