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致死突然変異 (ちしとつぜんへんい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

致ち死し突とつ然ぜん変へん異い

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Meanings

1

lethal mutation

Technical term in genetics for a mutation that causes death of the organism.

この系けい統とうは致ち死し突とつ然ぜん変へん異

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を

持も

つ

ため

、

ホモ

接せつ

合ごう

体たい

は

生せい

存ぞん

でき

ない

。

Because this strain carries a lethal mutation, homozygotes cannot survive.

Kanji

致doth, do, send
死death, die
突stab, protruding, thrust
然sort of thing, so, if so
変unusual, change, strange
異uncommon, different, queerness

Built from

致ち死し+突とつ然ぜん変へん異い

Etymology

Compound of 致死 (lethal) and 突然変異 (mutation).