en:cistron • factor • gene^en

• 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
  lexical concept
• genes were formerly called factors

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