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noun • (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 | ||||||||
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noun • The smallest administrative unit of land in feudal England, corresponding to the Anglo-Saxon tithing and the modern parish. • A villa; a country residence. verb • (now uncommon or literary) To wish, desire (something). • (nowadays rare) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that). • (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action). • (auxiliary) To choose to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive), often in negation. • (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall. • (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to. • (auxiliary) Expressing a present tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference". • To wish, desire. • To instruct (that something be done) in one's will. • To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention). • To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document). | ||||||||
| 29% | 12 | Variants of a hereditary unit | ||||||
noun • (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character | ||||||||
Hereditary Unit Crossword Clue
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GENE which was last seen in the Telegraph Mini crossword.
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GENE
Updated: October 12, 2023
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