A specific sequence, or in the case of the genome the complete sequence of nucleotides along a molecule of DNA or RNA (in the case of some viruses) which represent the functional units of heredity.
(Slot-Value-Type Gene-Or-Genome Component Gene-Or-Genome) (Slot-Value-Type Gene-Or-Genome Affects Physiologic-Function) (=> (Gene-Or-Genome ?Self) (And (Exists (?A) (And (Finer-Grain-Part-Of ?Self ?A) (Or (Tissue ?A) (Cell-Component ?A) (Cell ?A) (Body-Part ?A)))) (Exists (?B) (And (Embodies ?Self ?B) (Molecular-Physiologic-Function ?B))) (Exists (?C) (And (Strictly-Depends-On ?Self ?C) (Molecular-Sequence ?C))) (Exists (?D) (And (Represented-By ?Self ?D) (Nucleotide-Sequence ?D)))))