lethal gene

• Ein Gen, dessen Expression den Tod des Trägerorganismus zur Folge hat, meist bereits im Embryonal- oder frühen Entwicklungsstadium.

A gene whose expression results in the death of the organism carrying it, typically during embryonic or early developmental stages.

1. Fatal genetic factorC1formal

   A gene that, when expressed, causes the death of the organism carrying it, often during embryonic or early developmental stages.

   Letales Gen

   • The lethal gene in mice causes death shortly after birth.
   • Researchers identified a lethal gene responsible for early embryo failure.
   • In some plants, a lethal gene prevents seed germination.