How to Use gene in a Sentence

gene

noun

• She inherited a good set of genes from her parents.
• The gene tree and the species tree are not the same thing.
  — Janna Levin, Quanta Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
• Kids’ genes couldn’t have changed that much since the 1970s.
  — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
• Hemsworth was found to have two copies of the APOE-e4 gene; one from each parent.
  — Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2022
• So what’s the outlook like for the gene-editing theme at large?
  — Trefis Team, Forbes, 16 June 2022
• When the team deleted the genes that encode key parts of the tailocin, the killing went away.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 14 June 2024
• And he’s got that gene where, like in the game tonight, where he’s got that ability to move on.
  — Journal Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2024
• The heart had the same gene edits as Faucette’s, and the transplant was also performed by the Maryland team.
  — WIRED, 25 Sep. 2023
• This can happen due to mutations in the gene that codes for β-catenin.
  — Robert Burakoff, Verywell Health, 1 Nov. 2024
• Good style is a gene that can clearly run in the family.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 10 Dec. 2024
• Humans, on the other hand, only have one copy of this gene.
  — Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 6 Mar. 2024
• First, the order of genes in its genome is quite different.
  — John V. Williams, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2023
• Hood's two children have been tested for genes that increase the risk of Alzheimer’s.
  — Jonathan Moens, Popular Mechanics, 27 June 2023
• And as their genes started to mix ― thanks to our friends the honey bees ― the fruit set started, the seedlings popped up, and the spread started to grow.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 22 Mar. 2024
• The research shows that the OCA2 gene codes play a key role in the production of melanin, the pigment that colors hair, skin, and eyes.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 22 Apr. 2023
• So, the big difference with this pig is that its genes have been edited.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
• Every person has two copies of the gene, one from each parent.
  — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2022
• According to the team, this gene loss could be beneficial to the plant.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Sep. 2023
• Half of centenarians have a gene that taps the brakes on height and weight.
  — Carly Mallenbaum, Axios, 11 July 2024
• Both versions of the gene encode exactly the same amino acid.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 11 June 2022
• But his father’s wanderlust has been passed down to him, like a gene.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
• From there, the scientists tracked any changes in the patient’s gene expression over the course of three months.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 23 May 2022
• At least 20% of human genes have a counterpart in yeast.
  — Quanta Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
• The firefly and bacterial genes just didn’t work well in plants.
  — WIRED, 19 Sep. 2023
• The fact that Kamala has a gene anomaly that might have triggered her powers is one way to do it.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 14 July 2022
• That protection was increased by more than eight times if a person had two copies of the gene.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2023
• Like both, LaMendola has the clutch gene, especially from the free throw line.
  — Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 16 Mar. 2023
• But baby, that ain’t nothing but a good liner and a good spirit and good genes.
  — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 14 Aug. 2024
• The relevant set of genes is known as the human leukocyte antigen, or HLA.
  — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
• The gene flow also provides insight on the spread of Neanderthal genes once humans began settling in other areas of the world.
  — Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Jan 2025