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Examples of lethal gene
lethal gene
The gene is responsible for the production of a type of venom lethal to insects.
From the newscientist.com
Oxitec says all the GM moths carry a lethal gene and would die within a few days of release.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
This is achieved by creating GM insects carrying a lethal gene.
From the ecocentric.blogs.time.com
The lethal gene is called LRIM1.
From the newscientist.com
When they mate with the wild insects the lethal gene, which is suppressed before release, is passed to the offspring causing them to die.
From the ecocentric.blogs.time.com
The lethal gene overcommits the gene-reading machinery of larva and pupae, preventing them from growing properly and causing them to die before adulthood, breaking the insects'life cycle.
From the newscientist.com
Furthermore, the set of lethal gene knockouts include LmjF31.2940 and LmjF21.0845, coding for squalene synthase and hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase, respectively.
From the nature.com
Lethal double gene deletions can be classified as trivial lethal or non-trivial lethal.
From the nature.com
Figure 2B classifies all lethal single gene knockouts according to the metabolic process that they are involved in.
From the nature.com
