Produced segment of DNA evaluated (9)

I believe the answer is:

generated

'produced' is the definition.
(generating is a kind of producing)

'segment of dna evaluated' is the wordplay.
'segment of dna' becomes 'gene' (I've seen this before).
'evaluated' becomes 'rated' (rating is a kind of evaluating).
'gene'+'rated'='GENERATED'

(Another definition for generated that I've seen is " Created, produced".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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