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 stretch of DNA that codes for a polypeptide via an RNA chain. These coded chains lead to âtraitsâ in an individual, such as eye color and blood type. A gene is the basic unit of heredity. An allele is a variation of a gene. Genes come in many different forms, or alleles, that lead to the encoding of different RNA chains and, therefore, different traits.