lethal factor

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A gene mutation or chromosomal structural change that when expressed causes death before sexual maturity.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

It is the steady accretion of detail that may yet be the most damaging factor in the battle for British hearts and minds.
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The quality of the music is a major factor in this recent surge.
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But others say a still-unidentified man likely fired the round that caused a lethal head wound.
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After World War I, unions began their losing and lethal battle with textile owners across the South.
Glenn Beck Is Now Selling Hipster Clothes. Really.|Ana Marie Cox|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Therefore in our view we need to talk about our wood management before any other factor in the maturation of The Macallan.
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Where goods are confided to a factor without instructions, authority to exercise a fair and reasonable discretion is implied.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
The authority of a factor to fix the terms of selling may be by agreement or by usage, like any other agent.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
A factor is employed to sell goods, and not to barter or exchange them, and if he should do this his principal could recover them.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
The true causes of the depression were not within the control of the Insular Government or of any ruling factor.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
This pronunciation of the nasal vowels in French is, as is well known, an important factor in the famous "accent du Midi."
Frdric Mistral|Charles Alfred Downer