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gene

noun as in DNA

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Mental health and resilience emerge from an ever-changing combination of genes and life experiences — some of which set the body awry early on.

Mental health and resilience emerge from an ever-changing mix of genes and life experiences.

When it did land in or near genes, they were ones that are wrapped in the molecular equivalent of razor wire, which prevents the genes from being turned on.

A range of woolly rhino genes displayed molecular structures that may have helped the animals survive in an arctic environment.

A year after receiving the gene therapy, seven of nine boys are showing positive results.

It got it all out there… Gene Hackman and Douglas… Melvyn Douglas is amazing.

Was the blackface scene with Gene Wilder in Silver Streak an important step in how American audiences view minstrelsy?

Another week, another study declaring the hunt for the ‘gay gene’ over.

Rev. V. Gene Robinson is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, Washington, DC.

You see, as far as passing the baton down, Michael used to look at Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, and James Brown.

Mass' Gene has gone to his company; we are left alone here to meet them.

Gene steered the car to the cliff side of the road to prevent the peril of a plunge by the horse.

If no one had picked her up en route, he could easily overtake her in the big car, which Gene had now repaired.

"I never saw Gene looking so bad in all his life," observed Witla pére to his wife the day Eugene arrived.

Gene would like that, and talk a lot about going 'from Nature up to Nature's God.'

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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to gene, such as: chromosome, heredity, rna, genetic code, and nucleic acid.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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