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gene
A unit of genetic information that determines the characteristics children inherit from their parents. Each gene occupies a specific location on a chromosome and is passed on as a unit from one generation to the next.
Grammatical category Noun
Field Genetics
Level of specialization Medium
Definition source glosario de Fertilidad
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Examples
For that reason, we decided to evaluate the common genetic variation present in the regulatory regions of certain candidate genes, which had been previously reported as important players in the spermatogenic process or in the testis.
These results shed light on the genes and pathways that are deregulated in the eutopic endometrium of women with adenomyosis, potentially contributing to the implantation failure and early pregnancy problems characteristic of these patients, which could be potential targets to manage adenomyosis-related infertility.
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WITH VERBS
annotate | associate with | bind to | identify | implicate in | link to | locate within | methylate | rank by | relate to | target gene
gene belongs to | contains | encodes | exhibits | expresses | has | includes | involves | remains | represents | reveals | sets | shows || was found | was identified | was obtained | was selected
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candidate | certain | crucial | dysregulated | housekeeping | inflammatory | maternal | nearby | novel | regulatory | selected | single | specific | target | variable || differentially expressed | hypermethylated | most upregulated | tumor suppressor gene