A gene is a small part inside living things. It carries information that parents give to their children to make them similar. Genes work inside cells.
The gene controls eye color in humans.
Genes help decide many body traits.
In science, a gene means a piece of DNA or RNA. It gives instructions to cells to make proteins or other important things. Genes are very small parts of living things.
Scientists study genes to find diseases.
This gene makes a special protein.
Sometimes, people say gene to mean a physical or personal feature they get from family. It is how parents pass traits like hair color or height to children.
Brown eyes are a gene in this family.
Tall height can be a gene too.
People often say a quality is 'in your genes' to mean it is a natural part of you. This is a way to talk about personality or habits as if they come from family biology.
Kindness is in her genes.
Hard work is part of his genes.
Gene can sometimes be a name for a product, system, or brand. This use is less common and usually comes from company names or software titles.
Gene is the name of the new app.
They bought Gene for their software needs.