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Definition of gene noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

gene

noun

NAmE//dʒin//

(biology)

a unit inside a cell that controls a particular quality in a living thing that has been passed on from its parents a dominant/recessive gene genes that code for the color of the eyes see genetic

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be in the genes

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to be a quality that your parents have passed on to you I've always enjoyed music—it's in the genes.

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