遺い伝でん子し

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Meanings

noun

gene

Standard biological term for a unit of heredity. Used in scientific, medical, and everyday contexts.

遺い伝でん子しの研けん究きゅうが進すすんでいる。
Research on genes is advancing.
この病びょう気きは遺い伝でん子しの異い常じょうによって起おこる。
This disease is caused by a genetic abnormality.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉の遺い伝でん子しを解かい析せきするto analyze someone's genes
研けん究きゅう者しゃはその患かん者じゃの遺い伝でん子しを解かい析せきした。
The researchers analyzed the patient's genes.
遺い伝でん子しに異い常じょうがあるthere is an abnormality in a gene
検けん査さの結けっ果か、遺い伝でん子しに異い常じょうがあることが分わかった。
The test revealed an abnormality in the gene.
遺い伝でん子しを持もつto carry a (particular) gene
彼かれはある病びょう気きになりやすい遺い伝でん子しを持もっている。
He carries a gene that makes him prone to a certain illness.
遺い伝でん子しが働はたらくa gene is expressed / functions
この遺い伝でん子しは特とく定ていの条じょう件けん下かでのみ働はたらく。
This gene is only expressed under certain conditions.

Expressions

遺い伝でん子し組くみ換かえでないnon-genetically modified; non-GMO

Kanji

遺bequeath, leave behind, reserve
伝transmit, go along, walk along
子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Related words

染せん色しょく体たい
遺伝子 (gene) is a segment of DNA that codes for a protein, while 染色体 (chromosome) is the larger structure that carries many genes.
ジーン
遺伝子 is the standard, everyday Japanese term for a gene, while ジーン is a katakana loanword version often used in technical, branding, or compound contexts.
ゲン
ゲン is a casual katakana term for 'gene' often used inside compound words, while 遺伝子 is the standard, formal Japanese term used in everyday and scientific contexts alike.

Don't confuse with

ＤＮＡ
DNA is the molecule that carries genetic information, while 遺伝子 refers to the specific functional units of heredity encoded within that DNA.
染せん色しょく体たい
染色体 is the larger structure that packages and organizes genetic material, whereas 遺伝子 is an individual gene contained within it.
遺い伝でんN2
遺伝 means the process or phenomenon of heredity (traits being passed down), while 遺伝子 is the physical unit that carries that hereditary information.
ゲノム
遺伝子 refers to a single unit of hereditary information, while ゲノム is the entire set of an organism's genetic material.

Word family· 57

遺い伝でん子し組くみ換かえN2
gene recombination; genetic modification · genetically modified; GM
偽ぎ遺い伝でん子し
pseudogene
癌がん遺い伝でん子し
oncogene
遺い伝でん子し型がた
genotype
遺い伝でん子し座ざ
genetic locus

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遺い伝でん子し群ぐん
gene cluster; gene group
ヒト遺い伝でん子し
human gene
優ゆう性せい遺い伝でん子し
dominant gene
制せい御ぎょ遺い伝でん子し
control gene; regulatory gene
劣れっ性せい遺い伝でん子し
recessive gene

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遺い伝でん+子し

Etymology

Compound of 遺伝 (iden, 'heredity') and 子 (shi, 'element' or 'small unit'), coined as a translation of the English word 'gene' in the early 20th century.