No. 11,017 in Russian
ген
Gene.
In a sentence
Мои родители передали мне сильные спортивные гены.
My parents passed strong athletic genes to me.
Used in the plural form to refer to inherited genetic traits related to athletic ability.
Ученые изучают ген, ответственный за цвет глаз.
Scientists study the gene responsible for eye color.
Used in the singular form to specify an individual genetic unit impacting phenotypic traits like eye color.
Благодаря генам мы наследуем особенности внешности от наших предков.
Thanks to genes, we inherit appearance traits from our ancestors.
Generalized reference to genes as the biological mechanism for hereditary characteristics.
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