a pattern of chemicals within a cell that carries information about the qualities passed to a living thing from its parents 基因 gene for : a gene for breast cancer (=that makes you likely to get it) 乳腺癌基因
in the genes (=passed through the genes) 遗传的 : He believes that shyness is in the genes. 他认为害羞是可以遗传的。
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