View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. A gene is a unit of inheritance, passed from parent to offspring, made up of DNA. Depending on the definition, a gene may be considered a stretch ...

Researchers say study represents a resource that could also help to dissect Y-gene functions in other tissues.

Plasmids naturally exist in bacterial cells, and they also occur in some eukaryotes. Often, the genes carried in plasmids provide bacteria with genetic advantages, such as antibiotic resistance.