Semilethality
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The quality of being semilethal. uncountable
"In Drosophila melanogaster a single orthologous hand gene is expressed with absence of the respective protein causing semilethality during early larval instars."
Example
More examples"In Drosophila melanogaster a single orthologous hand gene is expressed with absence of the respective protein causing semilethality during early larval instars."
Etymology
From semi- + lethality.
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