unit factor

noun

, Biology.

1. a gene; a sequence of nucleotides that functions as the hereditary unit for a single character.

unit factor

noun

1. genetics the gene responsible for the inheritance of a unit character

Example Sentences

We perceive one unit factor in nature; and this factor is that something is going on then—there.

From Project Gutenberg

It is this unit factor, retaining in itself the passage of nature, which is the primary concrete element discriminated in nature.

From Project Gutenberg