genetic defects

基本解释

In some cases, high cholesterol levels are caused by genetic defects.
在某些情況下，高膽固醇水平會導致遺傳缺陷。
Scientists also want to use such cells to learn how some genetic defects affect development of the heart and other organs.
科學家同樣想運用這樣的細胞來研究基因不足如何作用於心髒及其他器官的發展。
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.
一個令人振奮的發現：在中東家庭裡發現的大多數遺傳缺陷竝不在基因的商業部分裡——鋻定大腦蛋白質的密碼。

The legislation to ban abortions based on genetic defects also would ban abortion based on gender selection.
NPR: ND Gears Up For Legal Dispute On New Abortion Laws
The most important, though obvious, reason is to help us better understand sex-linked genetic defects in men after birth.
ECONOMIST: Genetics
Researchers can now create mice with the same genetic defects and test potential treatments on them, or study the progress of the disease.
ECONOMIST: Animal rights extremists