semilethality

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From semi- +‎ lethality.

Noun[edit]

semilethality (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being semilethal.
    • 2015 August 8, “The bHLH Transcription Factor Hand Regulates the Expression of Genes Critical to Heart and Muscle Function in Drosophila melanogaster”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      In Drosophila melanogaster a single orthologous hand gene is expressed with absence of the respective protein causing semilethality during early larval instars.
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