(jēn): A part of DNA, or sometimes RNA, that is usually located on a chromosome and that contains chemical information needed to control or influence an inherited bodily trait or activity (like eye color or metabolism) or that influences or controls the activity of another gene or genes.

(jǝ net ik kōd): The chemical code that is the basis of genetic inheritance and consists of genes which specify particular kinds of amino acids used to make proteins or which start or stop the process of making proteins.

(ȯf spriŋ): The young of a person, animal, or plant.

(path ǝ jǝn): A germ (such as a bacterium or virus) that causes disease.

(pä lǝn): The tiny particles in the anthers of a flower that fertilize the seeds and usually appear as fine yellow dust

(ri zis tǝn(t)s): The ability to withstand the force or effect of something (like a disease).

(spȯ(ǝ)r): A reproductive body that is produced by fungi and by some plants and microorganisms (like ferns and bacteria) and that usually consists of a single cell and is able to produce a new individual either by developing by itself or after fusion with another spore.

(sǝ sep tǝ bǝl): (1) Having little resistance to something, like a disease or infection; (2) easily affected.

(tek näl ǝ jē): The use of science in solving problems (as in industry or engineering).