lethal gene

Noun
  1. Any gene that has an effect that causes the death of the organism at any stage of life (synset 105446532)
    is a type 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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