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lethal gene vs gene

gene vs lethal gene

lethal gene and gene both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
lethal gene Yes No No No
gene Yes No No No
As nouns, gene is a hypernym of lethal gene; that is, gene is a word with a broader meaning than lethal gene:
  • lethal gene: any gene that has an effect that causes the death of the organism at any stage of life
  • 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
Other hypernyms of lethal gene include cistron, factor.
lethal gene (noun) gene (noun)
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
Difference between lethal gene and gene

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