Term: structural gene: a gene that controls the production of a specific protein or peptide
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: ephah: an ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel → 0
Candidate hypernym: field sparrow: common North American finch of brushy pasturelands → 0
Candidate hypernym: herero: a member of a pastoral Bantu people living in Namibia, Botswana, and Angola → 0
Candidate hypernym: alphabet: a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language → 0
Candidate hypernym: tilter: someone who engages in a tilt or joust → 0
Candidate hypernym: currant: small dried seedless raisin grown in the Mediterranean region and California; used in cooking → 0
Candidate hypernym: trifoliate orange: small fast-growing spiny deciduous Chinese orange tree bearing sweetly scented flowers and decorative but inedible fruit: used as a stock in grafting and for hedges → 0
Candidate hypernym: osmoreceptor: sensory end organ that responds to changes in osmotic pressure → 0
Candidate hypernym: verticillium: a fungus of the genus Verticillium → 0
Candidate hypernym: flange: a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object → 0