How to Use gene in a Sentence

gene

noun

• She inherited a good set of genes from her parents.
• 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
• 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
• 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
• But his father’s wanderlust has been passed down to him, like a gene.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
• The firefly and bacterial genes just didn’t work well in plants.
  — WIRED, 19 Sep. 2023
• 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
• Everyone gets two copies of this gene, one from each parent.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2023
• Using old samples, the researchers show that many of the variations in these genes have been around for at least 200 years.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 14 June 2024
• Most of them are genetic caused by a single misspelling in the genes out of 3 billion base pairs, one of them is screwed up.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 24 May 2023
• In 2016, his lab screened the genes of seedlings to find mutant plants with unusual responses to light.
  — Quanta Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024
• Liv Tyler's daughter seems to have gained the family's artistic genes.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024
• On the other hand, Lillian didn’t think that genes were everything.
  — Johanna Mayer, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2023
• Take cilantro: People with a certain gene say cilantro tastes like soap, while others enjoy the taste.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
• But errors on the gene can prevent this from happening.
  — Byerin Prater, Fortune Well, 17 Aug. 2023
• So far, only about 50 families with the short-sleeper genes have been identified.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 31 Oct 2024