pangene
/'pændʒi:n/.[uncountable] in modern genetics, the term is sometimes used historically to refer to the precursor concept of what we now know as genes
noun [专属名词] [植] 胚芽;泛子
Darwin's concept of pangene was an attempt to explain the mechanism of heredity. 达尔文的泛生粒概念试图解释遗传机制。