Gene dosage is the number of copies of a gene present in a cell or nucleus. History See also History of genetics The existence of genes was first suggested by Gregor Mendel (1822-1884 who in the 1860s studied inheritance In Cell biology, the nucleus (pl nuclei; from Latin la ''nucleus'' or la ''nuculeus'' "little nut" or kernel is a membrane-enclosed An increase in gene dosage can cause higher levels of gene product if the gene is not subject to regulation from elsewhere in the body.
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