Related Words for gene

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WordSyllablesCategories
mutation
x/x
Noun, Noun
allele
x/x
Noun
genetic
x/x
Adjective
genome
/x
Noun
locus
/x
Noun, Verb
transgene
xx
Noun
chromosome
/xx
Noun
phenotype
/xx
Noun
exon
x/
Noun
genotype
/xx
Noun
haplotype
/xx
Noun
plasmid
x/
Noun
enzyme
/x
Noun
transposon
x/x
Noun
protein
/x
Noun
mutant
/x
Noun
polymorphisms
xx/xx
Noun
trait
/
Noun
recessive
x/x
Adjective
gene pool
//
Phrase, Noun
dominant
/xx
Adjective
line
/
Noun
variation
xx/x
Noun
genetic code
x/x/
Phrase, Noun
candidate
/xx
Noun, Adjective
variant
/xx
Noun
linkage
/x
Noun
recombinant
x/xx
Noun
library
/xx
Noun
screen
/
Noun
marker
/x
Noun
phase
/
Noun
barcode
/x
Noun
expressivity
xx/xx
Noun
karyotype
xxxx
Noun
noise
/
Noun
horizontal gene transfer
xx/x/x/
Phrase, Noun
reporter
x/x
Noun
transfer
x/
Noun
carrier
/xx
Noun
strand
/
Noun
regulator
/xxx
Noun
fixation
x/x
Noun
construct
x/
Verb
operon
x/x
Noun
homolog
x/x
Noun
morgan
/x
Name
vector
/x
Noun
dominance
/xx
Noun
cassette
x/
Noun
penetrance
/xx
Noun
edit
/x
Noun
mobilization
xxx/x
Noun
expression
x/x
Noun
neo
xx
Adjective
mutate
/x
Verb
intron
/x
Noun
myc
/
Adjective
encodes
x/
Verb
homologue
x/x
Noun
onc
/
Adjective
knockout
/x
Noun
clone
/
Verb
silencing
/xx
Verb, Noun
penetrant
/xx
Adjective
ras
/
Adjective
homologous
x/xx
Verb
selectable
x/xx
Adjective
codon
/x
Noun
translocated
xxxx
Adjective
rearranged
xx/
Adjective
firefly
/xx
Adjective
chimeric
x/x
Adjective
overexpression
xxx/x
Noun
albinism
/xxx
Noun
globin
/x
Noun, Verb
transduced
x/
Adjective, Verb
transgenic
x/x
Noun
superfamily
/xxx
Adverb
recombined
xx/
Adjective
enhancer
x/x
Noun
arabidopsis
x/x/x
Name
transfected
x/x
Verb, Adjective
autosomal
/xx/
Adjective
frequencies
/xx
Verb
promoter
x/x
Noun
transcription
x/x
Noun
splice
/
Noun, Verb
transfection
x/x
Noun
sequenced
/x
Verb
deletion
x/x
Noun
uncoupling
x/x
Adjective
inactivating
x/xxx
Verb
transcribed
x/
Verb
mutagenesis
/x/xx
Noun
centromere
/xx
Noun
imprinting
x/x
Noun
modifier
/xxx
Adjective
inducible
x/xx
Adjective
targeting
/xx
Verb
drosophila
/x/x
Name
duplicated
/xxx
Adjective
cdna
/x
Noun
oncogene
/xx
Noun
inheriting
x/xx
Verb
subfamily
/xxx
Adverb
suppressor
x/x
Noun
defective
x/x
Adjective
altered
/x
Adjective, Noun
antigen
/xx
Noun
biology
x/xx
Noun
biosynthetic
/xx/x
Adjective
body
/x
Noun, Verb
children
/x
Verb
circadian
x/xx
Adjective
discomfort
x/x
Noun, Verb
dna
/x/
Name, Verb
endocrine
/xx
Noun, Adjective
epigenetic
xxx/x
Adjective
eugene
x/
Name
family
/xx
Noun, Adjective
gen
/
Noun, Verb
gender
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
genoa
/xx
Name
heredity
x/xx
Noun
hindrance
/x
Noun
hormonal
/xx
Adjective
isoform
xxx
Noun
james
/
Name
jane
/
Name
jean
/
Name
jen
/
Name
jenny
/x
Name, Verb
kinases
/xx
Noun
kind
/
Noun, Adjective
life
/
Noun, Verb
male
/
Noun, Adjective
man
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
mediated
/xxx
Verb
morphogenetic
xxx/x
Adjective
mrna
x
Noun
name
/
Noun, Verb
neurotrophic
xx/x
Adjective
nucleotide
/xxx
Noun
parents
/x
Noun
pool
/
Noun, Verb
sperm
/
Noun, Verb
subunit
x/x
Noun
suppresses
x/x
Verb
suppression
x/x
Noun
tick
/
Noun, Verb
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
dialect
/xx
Noun
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
collocation
xx/x
Noun
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
literally
/xxx
Adverb
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
headlines
/x
Noun
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
sorta
/x
Adverb
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb