Term: repressor gene: gene that prevents a nonallele from being transcribed
Candidate hypernym: gene: (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 → 1
Candidate hypernym: geniculate body: one of four small oval masses that protrude slightly from the underside of the thalamus and function as synaptic centers on the way to the cerebral cortex → 0
Candidate hypernym: catasetum: genus of tropical American orchids having showy male and female flowers usually on separate inflorescences → 0
Candidate hypernym: k ration: a small package of emergency rations; issued to United States troops in World War II → 0
Candidate hypernym: scan: the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region → 0
Candidate hypernym: pezizales: order of mostly saprophytic fungi having cup-shaped ascocarps → 0
Candidate hypernym: slit: a narrow fissure → 0
Candidate hypernym: woodcarving: a carving created by carving wood → 0
Candidate hypernym: endgame: the final stages of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board → 0
Candidate hypernym: mandarin: shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia → 0
Candidate hypernym: metacenter: (shipbuilding) the point of intersection between two vertical lines, one line through the center of buoyancy of the hull of a ship in equilibrium and the other line through the center of buoyancy of the hull when the ship is inclined to one side; the distance of this intersection above the center of gravity is an indication of the stability of the ship → 0