"gene" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The virus's harmful genes are stripped out and a therapeutic gene inserted in their place.
- In gene therapy, the virus's harmful genes are excised and a corrective human gene is inserted in their place.
- One danger is that inserted genes might activate other harmful genes, like cancer-causing oncogenes.
- The harmful genes need an environment conducive to carrying out their dirty work.
- It also advised breeders to avoid inbreeding to reduce the chance of doubling up on the harmful gene.
- Genetic load is the probability that an average individual will die or fail to reproduce because of its harmful genes.
- Any harmful hidden genes that might once have been able to destroy so incestuous a colony have long since been weeded out.
- Old families tended to inbreed to the point where harmful genes became predominant, and great Houses were the worst offenders.
- Using new 'viral engineering' techniques, researchers would use the protein 'coat'of the Aids virus but remove harmful genes wrapped inside it.
- They occur because of the presence of harmful genes, which may be impossible to detect, but are again rarely inherited.
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