semilethality

English

Etymology

semi- +‎ lethality

Noun

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, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0134204:
      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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