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mohair (oh) and genes, lethal (medicine)


mohair (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: mocayare 'mohair' (1500-1600), from early Italian mocaiarro, from Arabic mukhayyar 'choice'; influenced by hair]
expensive wool made from the hair of the angora goat
::a mohair sweater

genes, lethal (medicine)


genes, lethal
Genes which result in the premature death of the organism; dominant lethal genes kill heterozygotes, whereas recessive lethal genes kill only homozygotes.