{"id":10706,"date":"2022-02-15T23:33:43","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T23:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=10706"},"modified":"2022-02-16T01:31:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T01:31:33","slug":"what-is-a-gene-in-genetics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-a-gene-in-genetics\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Gene in Genetics?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"10706\" class=\"elementor elementor-10706\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fd3b943 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fd3b943\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ee59930\" data-id=\"ee59930\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0bd9f70 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0bd9f70\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b436e14\" data-id=\"b436e14\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c3ae2b elementor-align-start elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"2c3ae2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Genetics<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-288da44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-nav-menu\" data-id=\"288da44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"jet-nav-wrap m-layout-mobile\"><div class=\"menu-genetics-container\"><div class=\"jet-nav m-layout-mobile jet-nav--vertical jet-nav--vertical-sub-left-side\"><div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-10702 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-genetics-in-science-about\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is genetics?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-10721 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-a-gene-in-genetics\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is a Gene in Genetics?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-10720 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-does-dna-mean\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What does DNA mean?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-10766 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-a-chromosome-in-genetic-science\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is a Chromosome?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-10765 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-a-sex-chromosome\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Sex chromosomes<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-10764 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-does-genetic-inheritance-mean\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Genetic inheritance<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-10763 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-genetic-variation\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Genetic variation<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-10762 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-cloning\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is cloning?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-10761 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-are-stem-cells\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What are Stem Cells?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5edce9e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5edce9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4c10b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"d4c10b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Genes<\/span><\/strong><\/h3><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If you take a good look at yourself, you will realize that there is no one quite like you. You are a person with unique physical, mental, emotional make-up. There has never been anyone like you, and never will be. At the same time, you may look a lot like your big brother, or even like your mum. Probably, you have similar hair color or eyes or smile in a very similar way. This complete difference or similarity between your brother or mum and you is determined by something in our body called\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">genes<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p><h3><b><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">So what is a gene?<\/span><\/b><\/h3><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Genes are instruction manuals in our bodies. They are molecules in our bodies that explain the information hidden in our DNA and supervise our bodies to grow in line with that information.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It is believed that each cell in our body contains over 25,000 genes, all working together. These genes carry specific biological codes or information that determine what we inherit from our parents.<\/span><\/p><p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Genes<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0are also a small section of Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA), a chemical that has a genetic code for making proteins for living cells. Proteins are the building blocks for living things. Almost everything in our body, bones, blood, and muscles are all made up of proteins, and it is the job of the genes to supervise protein production.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Genes are not things we see with our bare eyes. They can only be seen with powerful microscopes, and they are thread-like, found in our chromosomes.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The diagram below shows how a gene is represented.<\/span><\/p><h3><b><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Altered or mutated genes:<\/span><\/b><\/h3><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sometimes our genes do not work well. Sometimes we inherit genes that have some problems. Such genes (also called mutated or altered genes) do not perform their functions well and cause defects in our organs. Some inherited diseases like cancer and sickle cell have been linked to such mutated or bad genes. There is still a lot of research going on in the study of genes to learn more about them.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Remember we mentioned DNA and Chromosomes along the line? 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What is a Gene in Genetics? What does DNA mean? What is a Chromosome? Sex chromosomes Genetic inheritance Genetic variation What is cloning? What are Stem Cells? What is a gene? Genes If you take a good look at yourself, you will realize that there is no one quite like you. 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