How to Use gene in a Sentence

gene

noun
Definition of genenext
  • She inherited a good set of genes from her parents.
  • Kids’ genes couldn’t have changed that much since the 1970s.
    — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
  • When the team deleted the genes that encode key parts of the tailocin, the killing went away.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 14 June 2024
  • And he’s got that gene where, like in the game tonight, where he’s got that ability to move on.
    — Journal Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2024
  • The heart had the same gene edits as Faucette’s, and the transplant was also performed by the Maryland team.
    — WIRED, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Humans, on the other hand, only have one copy of this gene.
    — Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 6 Mar. 2024
  • First, the order of genes in its genome is quite different.
    — John V. Williams, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Hood's two children have been tested for genes that increase the risk of Alzheimer’s.
    — Jonathan Moens, Popular Mechanics, 27 June 2023
  • And as their genes started to mix ― thanks to our friends the honey bees ― the fruit set started, the seedlings popped up, and the spread started to grow.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The research shows that the OCA2 gene codes play a key role in the production of melanin, the pigment that colors hair, skin, and eyes.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 22 Apr. 2023
  • So, the big difference with this pig is that its genes have been edited.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
  • According to the team, this gene loss could be beneficial to the plant.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Half of centenarians have a gene that taps the brakes on height and weight.
    — Carly Mallenbaum, Axios, 11 July 2024
  • But his father’s wanderlust has been passed down to him, like a gene.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The firefly and bacterial genes just didn’t work well in plants.
    — WIRED, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The relevant set of genes is known as the human leukocyte antigen, or HLA.
    — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
  • Everyone gets two copies of this gene, one from each parent.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Using old samples, the researchers show that many of the variations in these genes have been around for at least 200 years.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 14 June 2024
  • Most of them are genetic caused by a single misspelling in the genes out of 3 billion base pairs, one of them is screwed up.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 24 May 2023
  • In 2016, his lab screened the genes of seedlings to find mutant plants with unusual responses to light.
    — Quanta Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Liv Tyler's daughter seems to have gained the family's artistic genes.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024
  • On the other hand, Lillian didn’t think that genes were everything.
    — Johanna Mayer, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2023
  • But errors on the gene can prevent this from happening.
    — Byerin Prater, Fortune Well, 17 Aug. 2023
  • This gene plays a critical role in controlling LDL cholesterol in the blood.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The egg and each polar body each contain half of the complement of genes needed to make a new organism.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Depending on the gene the species attains, will determine the hue and pattern that is present on their wings.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Feb. 2024
  • What's more, silencing of the gene didn't appear to have any detrimental effects on the plants.
    — Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The musical gene was also passed down to J. Lack, and over the years, Usher has expressed his pride in his brother’s work.
    — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The greedy system eliminates the competing pollen grains that lack this gene drive.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Next, the team drilled into the genome of African elephants, finding 674 genes that appear to be evolving rapidly.
    — Byvirginia Morell, science.org, 3 Apr. 2023

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