Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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lethal gene | Yes | No | No | No |
gene | Yes | No | No | No |
lethal gene (noun) | gene (noun) |
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any gene that has an effect that causes the death of the organism at any stage of life | (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 |