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LETHAL GENE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lethal gene mean?
• LETHAL GENE (noun)
The noun LETHAL GENE has 1 sense:
1. any gene that has an effect that causes the death of the organism at any stage of life
Familiarity information: LETHAL GENE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any gene that has an effect that causes the death of the organism at any stage of life
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("lethal gene" is a kind of...):
cistron; factor; gene ((genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity)
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