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"Lethal gene"
Keywords:
tailless
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manx
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kittens
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malformed
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mating
Mating two tailless Manx cats often results in malformed kittens that die before birth or soon after
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Keywords:
unsurvivable
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gene
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mutant
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drastic
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homozygous
Related Terms:
Mutagenic
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Mutagenicity
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Haploinsufficiency
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Mutation
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Mutant
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Genetic mutation
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Genotoxicity
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Mutagen
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Mutagenesis
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Mutations
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Suppressor mutation
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Null allele
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Suppressor gene
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Polygenic inheritance
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Polymorphism
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Genotype
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Polygenic
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Single gene disorder
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Spontaneous mutation
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X-linked
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Genetic
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Multifactorial inheritance
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Genetic markers
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Monogenic
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Autosomal dominant inheritance
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Genetic effects
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Genomic imprinting
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Autosomal recessive inheritance
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Germline mutation
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Haplotype
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Gene mutation
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Genetic polymorphism
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Homeotic mutation
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Loss of heterozygosity
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Dominant gene
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Genetic linkage
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Genetic variation
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Allozymes
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Genetic marker
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Epigenetics
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Epistasis
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Carriers
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Single nucleotide polymorphisms
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Somatic mutations
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Allele
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Recessive gene
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Genes
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Genotoxic
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Hereditary mutation
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Heritable
A gene which introduces a characteristic which is fatal to the organism.
perso.fundp.ac.be
A gene whose effect is sufficiently drastic to kill the bearer of certain genotypes.
affrc.go.jp
any gene that has an effect that causes the death of the organism at any stage of life
wordnet.princeton.edu
A gene that in some (usually homozygous) conditions may prevent development or cause the death of an organism or its germ cells. A lethal gene is unsurvivable. Also called a lethal factor, lethal mutant, or lethal mutation.
lethalwhites.com
gene whose expression results in the death of the individual expressing it.
helios.bto.ed.ac.uk
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Keywords:
allele
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see
See lethal allele.
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