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cistron

— noun (= gene, factor) (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 genes were formerly called factors

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gene

factor

structural gene