cistron

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   (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”

   Synonymsgenefactor

   Broadersequence

   Narrowerdominant geneallelegenetic markerhomeotic genelethal genelinkage groupmodifiermutant genenonalleleoperator gene

   Part ofdeoxyribonucleic acidchromosome

   genetics · molecular biology

Other forms of cistron

plural

cistrons·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cistron

What does cistron mean?

cistron means "(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".

How many syllables are in cistron?

cistron has 2 syllables: ci-stron. The stress falls on "ci".

What is another word for cistron?

Close synonyms include gene, factor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cistron a common word?

cistron is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.