For instance, two popular cuts, the pork shoulder roast and pork sirloin roast, are similar in name only. Proper preparation for your particular piece of pork ensures that for just a few dollars you will be eating high on the hog.
structural gene one that forms templates for messenger RNA and is thereby responsible for the amino acid sequence of specific polypeptides. tumor suppressor gene a gene whose function is to limit cell proliferation and loss of whose function leads to cell transformation and tumor growth; called also antioncogene.
A gene is a locus (or region) of DNA that encodes a functional RNA or protein product, and is the molecular unit of heredity. The transmission of genes to an organism's offspring is the basis of the inheritance of phenotypic traits.hese alleles encode slightly different versions of a protein, which cause different phenotype traits. Colloquial usage of the term having a gene (e.g., good genes, hair colour gene) typically refers to having a different allele of the gene.