geneunit
nounUK /ˈdʒiːn juːnɪt/
US /ˈdʒin juːnɪt/
A tiny piece of a living thing that carries instructions for how it grows.
Each geneunit in the plant tells it what color its flowers should be.
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2. A single functional section of genetic material studied as one unit in a lab.
The scientists mapped each geneunit along the chromosome.
3. A basic building block in a model of inheritance used in teaching.
Students used colored blocks as a geneunit to learn how traits pass down.
4. A unit of measurement or reference for the amount of genetic information.
The team compared one geneunit across several species.