Plural of gene

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Genes in a sentence

• The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.2013 June 21, Karen McVeigh, “US rules human genes can't be patented”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 10
• A length of DNA is divided into segments called chromosomes and shorter individual units called genes.2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 7
• The Ancient North-Eurasians are a ghost population whose existence can be inferred from analysis of European and Native American genes.From the entry ghost population
• That is, where a specific mutation in their genes makes people completely resistant to a virus.2022 September 7, Michaeleen Doucleff, “So you haven't caught COVID yet. Does that mean you're a superdodger?”, in NPR. From the entry superdodger
• Interestingly, three nanochromosomes containing RDRP candidate genes were identified in Styloynchia.2019, Postberg J, Weil PP, “Biogenesis of Developmental Master Regulatory 27nt-RNAs in Stylonychia—Can Coding RNA Turn into Non Coding?”…. From the entry nanochromosome

Meaning of gene

1. noun A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms which may take several values and (in principle) predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.
2. noun A segment of DNA or RNA from a cell's or an organism's genome, that may take several forms and thus parameterizes a phenomenon, such as (often) the structure of a protein.

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Questions about the plural of gene

What is the plural of gene?

The plural of gene is genes.

Is gene countable?

Gene is a countable noun.