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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity;
- Example: "genes were formerly called factors"
[syn: gene, cistron, factor]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cistron
    n 1: (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a
         polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and
         following the coding DNA as well as introns between the
         exons; it is considered a unit of heredity; "genes were
         formerly called factors" [syn: gene, cistron, factor]