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Answer : GENES
gene, cistron, factor – n
(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”
Gene, unit of hereditary information that occupies a fixed position (locus) on a chromosome. Genes achieve their effects by directing the synthesis of proteins.
In eukaryotes (such as animals, plants, and fungi), genes are contained within the cell nucleus. The mitochondria (in animals) and the chloroplasts (in plants) also contain small subsets of genes distinct from the genes found in the nucleus. In prokaryotes (organisms lacking a distinct nucleus, such as bacteria), genes are contained in a single chromosome that is free-floating in the cell cytoplasm. Many bacteria also contain plasmids—extrachromosomal genetic elements with a small number of genes.
The number of genes in an organism’s genome (the entire set of chromosomes) varies significantly between species. For example, whereas the human genome contains an estimated 20,000 to 25,000 genes, the genome of the bacterium Escherichia coli O157:H7 houses precisely 5,416 genes. Arabidopsis thaliana—the first plant for which a complete genomic sequence was recovered—has roughly 25,500 genes; its genome is one of the smallest known to plants. Among extant independently replicating organisms, the bacterium Mycoplasma genitalium has the fewest number of genes, just 517.
More Clues
- LORE Tales handed down orally
- LEGEND Tale handed down on purpose
- EPOS Poetry passed down orally
- FOLK Handed down tales
- GENE Something that is handed down
- ORAL Handed down, in a way
- MYTH Story handed down from preliterate times
- TALE It’s often handed down
- HAAF – netting; method of salmon fishing handed down by the Vikings, practised on the Solway Firth, Lune and Ribble
- GIVE Hand down
- SEND Hand down
- RULE Hand down judgment
- TRADITION A custom, opinion or belief handed down to posterity, especially orally or by practice
- INHERITED Handed down
- RETOLD Handed down
- HEREDITARY Handed down
- FOLK WISDOM Handed-down knowledge
- ORALLY How traditions may be handed down
- EDICT It’s handed down
- HEIRLOOM Item handed down between generations
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