(genetics) Any of several genes that share a common sequence of DNA and are involved in the regulation of morphogenesis.

(evolutionary theory) The gene regarded as the primary driver and beneficiary of the evolutionary process.

A DNA sequence which can exist by itself in circular form, or can be integrated into an integron.

any of the genes, responsible for histocompatibility, that encode polymorphic cell-surface proteins

Any gene that brings about the death of an organism carrying it; usually the result of a mutation.

The process or result of causing a gene to spread rapidly through a population; especially the use of one or more molecular tools to stimulate biased inheritance of particular genes to alter entire populations of sexually reproducing organisms.

plural of toll gene

Any of a class of genes that encode members of the toll-like receptor class of proteins, involved in the immune system.

(biochemistry, genetics) The copying of DNA segments into RNA, by RNA polymerase, as the first stage of gene expression.

(more informal) Synonym of transposon