Gene
A gene is a region of DNA that encodes proteins and regulatory elements that determine the characteristics of a lifeform. Genes are organized into macromolecular structures called chromosomes.

Lyris referred to Harry Kim's Taresian genes while trying to convince him that he was conceived on Taresia. ()

The Doctor informed Neelix that his change in appearance was the result of stimulation of the Mylean genes he inherited from his great-grandfather. ()

The gene for sensory tremens was suppressed in Chakotay before he was born, but was reactivated by an encounter with chaotic space. ()

Captain Janeway jokingly asked Mortimer Harren if he was missing a couple of base pairs from gene 178 while on an away mission in the . ()

The Doctor and B'Elanna Torres discussed deletion of genes from her unborn child. ()

See also 
Biology
Cell
Genetic engineering
Introns
Gambling gene
Gene splicing
Hereditary trait
Recessive gene

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