[dʒiːn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- (in informal use) a unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring
(e.g: playing tennis is in my genes)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 20th century: from German Gen, from Pangen, a supposed ultimate unit of heredity (from Greek pan- ‘all’ + genos ‘race, kind, offspring’)