gene

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gene

Summary

gene ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,710 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • gene is a type of biomolecular structure[2].
  • gene is part of chromosome[3].
  • gene is part of genome[4].
  • gene is part of gene cluster[5].
  • gene's Commons category is recorded as Genes[6].
  • gene's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Genes[7].
  • gene's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8].
  • gene's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox gene[9].
  • gene's topic has template is recorded as Template:Gene[10].
  • gene's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://bioinformatics.stackexchange.com/tags/gene[11].
  • gene's has characteristic is recorded as genetic characteristic[12].
  • gene's has characteristic is recorded as type of gene[13].
  • gene's main Wikidata property is recorded as P6530[14].
  • gene's main Wikidata property is recorded as P492[15].
  • gene's main Wikidata property is recorded as P594[16].
  • gene's equivalent class is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Gene[17].
  • gene's equivalent class is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SO_0000704[18].
  • gene's equivalent class is recorded as http://bioschemas.org/Gene[19].
  • gene's equivalent class is recorded as https://schema.org/Gene[20].
  • gene's different from is recorded as Genoa[21].
  • gene's different from is recorded as genome[22].
  • gene's properties for this type is recorded as P353[23].
  • gene's properties for this type is recorded as P354[24].
  • gene's properties for this type is recorded as P639[25].
  • gene's properties for this type is recorded as P688[26].

Body

Definition and Type

gene is a type of biomolecular structure[2].

Use and Application

Part of include chromosome[3]; genome[4], a scientific model[27]; and gene cluster[5].

Influence

Things named for gene include Ogene[28], a musical group[29], founded in 2007[30].

Why It Matters

gene ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,710 views/month).[1] gene has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] gene is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for gene include Ogene[28], a musical group[29], founded in 2007[30].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Exact match http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C16612, http://semanticscience.org/resource/SIO_010035, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SO_0000704
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P2888]]: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C16612"
  2. 13d ago · O Breixo · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subject has role heredity
    Topic's main category Category:Genes
    Main wikidata property P6530, P492, P594
    Different from Genoa, genome
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P13613]]: 205414"
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