Usually means: Gene causing death when expressed.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. lethal gene: Merriam-Webster
  2. lethal gene: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lethal gene: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. lethal gene: Vocabulary.com
  5. lethal gene: Wiktionary
  6. lethal gene: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. lethal gene: Dictionary.com
  8. Lethal gene: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. lethal gene: Rhymezone
  10. lethal gene: FreeDictionary.org
  11. lethal gene: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. lethal gene: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. lethal gene: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lethal gene: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. lethal gene: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Hypermedia Glossary Of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  5. lethal gene: Medical dictionary

(Note: See lethal_genes as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (lethal gene)

noun:  Any gene that brings about the death of an organism carrying it; usually the result of a mutation.

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