Gen
See also: Appendix:Variations of "gen"
English
Further reading
- Ethnologue entry for Gen, gej
Etymology 2
Shortened from new generation, from Italian generazione nuova.
Noun
Gen (plural Gens)
- A member of the Gen Movement, a youth expression of the international Focolare Movement.
Proper noun
Gen
- A female given name, a short form of Genevieve.
- 1894, Harper's Young People, page 208:
- Hal. Oh, don't fuss, Gen. I'll do my part all right. Mamma's 'structed me, you know.
- Genevieve. Instructed, Hal.
- 2017, Emma G Prince, The Silent Life of Genevieve, →ISBN:
- “Gen? Listen, I'm so sorry I did that, Gen. You gotta believe me. I'm not like this and you know it.” “Listen...Kyle, I...I don't think I want to see you anymore.” Genevieve's voice cracked. “Gen!”
- 1894, Harper's Young People, page 208:
German
Etymology
Coined by Danish biologist Wilhelm Johannsen in 1909, from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡeːn/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eːn
Declension
Derived terms
- AFP-Gen
- Alpha-Fetoprotein-Gen
- BRCA-Gen
- Brustkrebsgen
- Cream-Gen
- Creamgen
- Das egoistische Gen
- DNA-Reparaturgen
- FUS-Gen
- Fusionsgen
- FXN-Gen
- Genaktivierung
- Genaktivität
- Genamplifikation
- Genanalyse
- Genbank
- Genbibliothek
- Gencluster
- Gen-Cluster
- Gendatenbank
- Gendeletion
- Gendichte
- Gendisruption
- Gendoping
- Genduplikation
- Generosion
- Gene-Trapping
- Genexpression
- Genfamilie
- Genfehler
- Genfluss
- Genfluß
- Genfragment
- Genfrequenz
- Genfunktion
- Gengehalt
- Gengruppe
- Geninteraktion
- Geninversion
- Genisolation
- Genisolierung
- Genkanone
- Genkarte
- Genkartierung
- Genkassette
- Genknockdown
- Gen-Knockdown
- Genknockout
- Gen-Knockout
- Genkombination
- Genkomplex
- Genkonversion
- Genlocus
- Genlokus
- Genmodifikation
- Genmutation
- Genort
- Genpaar
- Genpharmakologie
- Gen-Pharming
- Genpharming
- Genpool
- Genprodukt
- Genregion
- Genregulation
- Genregulierung
- Genrekombination
- Genrekrutierung
- Gen-Rekrutierung
- Genschaden
- Genschädigung
- Genschere
- Gen-Schere
- Gensegment
- Gensequenz
- Gensequenzierung
- Gen-Silencing
- Gensilencing
- Genspleissen
- Genspleißen
- Gensplicing
- Genstilllegun
- Gen-Stilllegun
- Genstruktur
- Gensubstitution
- Gen-Suppression
- Gensuppression
- Gensymbol
- Gensynthese
- Gentargeting
- Gen-Targeting
- Gentechnik
- gentechnisch
- Gentechnologie
- Gentherapie
- Genträger
- Gentransfer
- Gentranskription
- Gentrapping
- Genübertragung
- Genvariante
- Genvorhersage
- Halloweengen
- Halloween-Gen
- Haushaltsgen
- homologes Gen
- Homöoboxgen
- homöotisches Gen
- Hox-Gen
- Hoxgen
- hypostatisches Gen
- Kandidatengen
- Kontrollgen
- Krebsgen
- Kriegergen
- Krieger-Gen
- Letalgen
- Markergen
- Markierungsgen
- MEFV-Gen
- Merlegen
- Merle-Gen
- mitochondriales Gen
- Mitochondriengen
- Mittelmeerfiebergen
- Mittelmeerfieber-Gen
- Neandertaler-Gen
- orthologes Gen
- Paarregelgen
- Paarregel-Gen
- paralogisches Gen
- Pflanzengen
- pflanzliches Gen
- Piwi-Gen
- Polyhedrin-Gen
- Polyhedringen
- Referenzgen
- Referenz-Gen
- Regulatorgen
- Reportergen
- Repressorgen
- Resistenzgen
- Rezeptor-Gen
- Rezeptorgen
- Schlankheitsgen
- Segmentierungsgen
- spezifisches Gen
- Strukturgen
- Suszeptibilitätsgen
- Targetgen
- Target-Gen
- Transkriptionsgen
- Tumorsuppressor-Gen
- Tumorsuppressorgen
- Verzwergungsgen
- Windfarbgen
- Zielgen
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