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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gene
       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; "genes were
           formerly called factors" [syn: {cistron}, {factor}]

From eng-fra [engfra]:

  gene
  	[dʒiːn]
  	gène
  
  

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