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pangene

pangene noun: a supposed particle with which heritable character was transmitted during cell division. Also the alternative spelling of panguingue.

Noun

pangene (plural pangenes)

  1. (obsolete) A supposed particle with which heritable character was transmitted during cell division.

Also used as

pangene is also the alternative spelling of panguingue.

Forms of pangene

pluralpangenes

Origin of pangene

Coined by Dutch geneticist Hugo de Vries in 1889, from pangenesis. By surface analysis, pan- + -gene.

Words formed from pangene

Questions about pangene

What does pangene mean?
Pangene means a supposed particle with which heritable character was transmitted during cell division.
What part of speech is pangene?
Pangene is a noun.
What is the plural of pangene?
The plural of pangene is pangenes.

Words near pangene in the dictionary

  1. Pangelinan
  2. Pangelinans
  3. pangen
  4. pangender
  5. pangendered
  6. pangene
  7. pangenes
  8. pangenesis
  9. pangenetic
  10. pangenetically
  11. pangeni

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