DOMINANT GENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dominant gene mean? 

• DOMINANT GENE (noun)
  The noun DOMINANT GENE has 1 sense:

1. gene that produces the same phenotype in the organism whether or not its allele identical

  Familiarity information: DOMINANT GENE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOMINANT GENE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gene that produces the same phenotype in the organism whether or not its allele identical

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Context example:

the dominant gene for brown eyes

Hypernyms ("dominant gene" is a kind of...):

cistron; factor; gene ((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)

 Context examples 

Hereditary disorder transmitted by autosomal dominant genes (EXT1-3) and characterized by multiple exostoses (multiple osteochondromas) near the ends of long bones.

(Hereditary Multiple Exostoses, NCI Thesaurus)

The dominant gene class associated with SEs in T cells encoded cytokines and cytokine receptors.

(Autoimmune Disease Super-Regulators Uncovered, NIH)