{"id":8031,"date":"2019-05-22T16:03:17","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/gene\/"},"modified":"2019-05-22T16:03:17","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:03:17","slug":"gene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/gene\/","title":{"rendered":"Gene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The functional unit of inheritance based upon the coding of DNA molecules, and occupying a fixed locus on a chromosome (see figure below), which directs the synthesis of a particular protein. It consists of a sequence of base pairs that correspond to a specific sequence of amino acids constituting a protein. &nbsp;Genes function to build somatic cells (i.e., a structural gene) or to regulate the expression of other genes (i.e., a regulator gene). &nbsp;According to evidence from the Human Genome Project, the human genome contains about 32,000 genes (only 10,000 more than the \u201aaahumble\u201aaa worm), encoded in some 4&nbsp;billion base pairs. &nbsp;It was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wjc.ku.dk\/wilhelm\/\" class=\"cc-route-enabled\" data-editable-link=\"http:\/\/www.wjc.ku.dk\/wilhelm\/&amp;target=_self\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wilhelm Johannsen<\/a> ((1857-1927) who coined the term &#8216;gene&#8217; in 1909.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image048.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\">A particular gene has a fixed location on a chromosome, and is made up of a sequence of base pairs that correspond to a specific sequence of amino acids constituting a protein. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>GeneSee Additive genetic effect, Allele, Amino acids, Chromosome, Cultural evolution and biological evolution, Darwinism, DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), Genome, Genotype and phenotype, Human Genome Project (HGP), Jacob-Monod operon model, &nbsp;MECP2 gene, Oligogenic mode of inheritance, Polygenes, Regulator (or regulatory) genes, Sex chromosomes, Structural genes<\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The functional unit of inheritance based upon the coding of DNA molecules, and occupying a fixed locus on a chromosome (see figure below), which directs the synthesis of a particular protein. It consists of a sequence of base pairs that correspond to a specific sequence of amino acids constituting a protein. &nbsp;Genes function to build &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/gene\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Gene&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2],"class_list":["post-8031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-glossary","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8031\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}