gene
basic physical and functional unit of heredity
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Summary
gene is a type of structure[1]. gene draws 8,836 Wikipedia views per month (type of structure category, ranking #1,010 of 29).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: nucleic acid sequence[3], biological region[4], nucleic acid structure[5]
- Part of: chromosome[6], genome[7], gene cluster[8]
- Commons category: Genes[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Genes[10]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11]
- Topic has template: Template:Infobox gene[12], Template:Gene[13]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://bioinformatics.stackexchange.com/tags/gene[14]
- Has characteristic: genetic characteristic[15], type of gene[16]
- Main Wikidata property: P6530[17], P492[18], P594[19]
- Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Gene[20], http://bioschemas.org/Gene[21], https://schema.org/Gene[22]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C16612[23]
- Different from: Genoa[24], genome[25]
- Properties for this type: P353[26], P354[27], P639[28], P688[29], P1918[30], P2393[31]
- Subject has role: heredity[32]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[33]
- Model item: acetylcholinesterase[34]
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Influence
Things named for gene include Ogene[35], a musical group[36], founded in 2007[37].
Why It Matters
gene has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] gene is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]
Entities named for gene include Ogene[35], a musical group[36], founded in 2007[37].