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Lethal genes

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-003730

Genes whose loss of function or gain of function mutation leads to the death of the carrier prior to maturity. They may be essential genes required for viability, or genes which cause a block of function of an essential gene at a time when the essential gene function is required for viability.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-003730
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectNatural Resources, Conservation, Environment
Synonymslethals (genes)
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings 2012; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoGenes
TranslationsSpanish: genes letales
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-003730",
  "term": "Lethal genes",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Genes whose loss of function or gain of function mutation leads to the death of the carrier prior to maturity. They may be essential genes required for viability, or genes which cause a block of function of an essential gene at a time when the essential gene function is required for viability.",
  "synonyms": [
    "lethals (genes)"
  ],
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "genes"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2012",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "genes letales"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/lethal-genes/"
}

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