pangene

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7

Definition of pangene

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (obsolete)A supposed particle with which heritable character was transmitted during cell division.
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noun

  1. (obsolete)A supposed particle with which heritable character was transmitted during cell division.
  2. (alt-of, alternative, obsolete, uncountable)Alternative spelling of panguingue.
    “… fargo, craps, draw poker, studhorse poker, pangeni or pangene, twenty-one …”

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Etymology

Coined by Dutch geneticist Hugo de Vries in 1889, from pangenesis. By surface analysis, pan- + -gene.

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