defective gene

collocation in English

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defective
adjective
uk
/dɪˈfek.tɪv/us
/dɪˈfek.tɪv/
Something that is defective has a fault in it and does not ...
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gene
noun[C]
uk
/dʒiːn/us
/dʒiːn/
a part of the DNA in a cell that controls the physical development, behaviour, etc. of an individual plant or animal and is passed on from ...
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(Definition ofdefectiveandgenefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is an autosomal recessive disorder meaning two copies of thedefectivegeneis required for active disease, a single copy conveys carrier status.
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The mouse model used, had onedefectivegenecopy.
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Being autosomal recessive, neither parent shows symptoms, but both carry adefectivegeneresponsible for this disease.
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If both parents were carriers of adefectivegeneassociated with a disease or disorder, they would both have the disorder.
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Introducing a normal copy of adefectivegenewill first require knowledge that a mutation exists in the fetus.
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When the focus is changed to common disease and behavioral phenotypes, the "defectivegene" paradigm is biologically meaningless and often harmful when applied to individuals.
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When the focus is changed to common disease and behavioral phenotypes, the "defectivegene" paradigm is biologically misleading.
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One in 20 people are carriers of thedefectivegenewhich causes cystic fibrosis.
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Within the next two or three years, we shall be able to select pre-embryos that do not have thedefectivegene.
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The disease occurs in one in 2,000 children born, and approximately one in 25 of healthy adults carry adefectivegeneconcerned with this condition.
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That is because any embryo that was found to carry thedefectivegenewould not be transferred but left to perish.
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In the majority of cases, the condition is inherited from adefectivegenein one of the parents.
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One in 20 of the population carry thedefectivegeneand there is a one in 625 chance of carriers marrying.
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Thedefectivegenewas discovered in 1989, but the society still needs help to care for 7,500 people on the register, with more being added daily.
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The pre-embryo or conceptus who has been discovered to have adefectivegenewould automatically be disposed of because there is no way that it can be brought to term.
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The chance for two carrier parents to both supply thedefectivegeneand produce a child with symptoms is 25 percent with each pregnancy.
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A donor patient acquires onedefectivegenecopy and one normal, and only one of these two copies is used for reproduction.
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With autosomal recessive disorders, individuals with only one copy of adefectivegene(heterozygotes) are considered carriers for the disorder.
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People who have only onedefectivegeneare known as carriers.
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