genetic defects

基本解释

In some cases, high cholesterol levels are caused by genetic defects.
在某些情况下，高胆固醇水平会导致遗传缺陷。
Scientists also want to use such cells to learn how some genetic defects affect development of the heart and other organs.
科学家同样想运用这样的细胞来研究基因不足如何作用于心脏及其他器官的发展。
One encouraging finding: most of the genetic defects identified in the Middle Eastern families were not in the business part of the gene —the part that codes for a critical brain protein.
一个令人振奋的发现：在中东家庭里发现的大多数遗传缺陷并不在基因的商业部分里——鉴定大脑蛋白质的密码。

The legislation to ban abortions based on genetic defects also would ban abortion based on gender selection.
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The most important, though obvious, reason is to help us better understand sex-linked genetic defects in men after birth.
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Researchers can now create mice with the same genetic defects and test potential treatments on them, or study the progress of the disease.
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