The term 'meme' was coined in the 70s and means an idea that spreads from one person to another. It comes from Richard Dawkin's The Selfish Gene; the idea is that memes are subject to selection just like genes.
meme (n.)
"an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture," 1976, introduced by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in "The Selfish Gene," coined by him from Greek sources, such as mimeisthai "to imitate" (see mime (n.)), and intended to echo gene.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/meme
Gene: from Greek genea "generation, race".
Saying "meme came out of gene" is a perfectly reasonable statement.
This applies similarly to low-truth-valence ideologies and belief systems, for which current and pending crises may prove strong checks.