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gene family

gene family noun: a group of closely related genes that make similar gene products.

Noun

gene family (plural gene families)

  1. A group of closely related genes that make similar gene products.

Forms of gene family

pluralgene families

Questions about gene family

What does gene family mean?
Gene family means a group of closely related genes that make similar gene products.
What part of speech is gene family?
Gene family is a noun.
What is the plural of gene family?
The plural of gene family is gene families.

Words near gene family in the dictionary

  1. gene drive
  2. gene drives
  3. gene expression
  4. gene expressions
  5. gene families
  6. gene family
  7. gene flow
  8. gene flows
  9. gene gun
  10. gene pool
  11. gene pools

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