noun (n)

• (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity

  (genetik) sebuah segmen dna yang terlibat dalam menghasilkan sebuah polypeptide rantai; ia boleh termasuk kawasan mendahului dan mengikuti aturcara dna serta introns antara exons; itu dianggap kesatuan baka

  Example:
  Genes were formerly called factors.
  

  Synonym:
  cistron, factor
  

  source: wordnet30