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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In geology, a term suggested by Heilprin (1887) as an equivalent of Miocene.
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- noun genetics An
aggregate pattern ofgene expression
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Examples
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The good times are interrupted when Kala shows up with new research that indicates Luthor not only has the ability to turn the metagene on, he may also be able to turn it off.
52 – Week 20 – God is Fragged | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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In regards to the metagene, it seems already played out from the Invasion storyline.
52 – Week 20 – God is Fragged | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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The Supernova bit was interesting, as was the metagene on/off switch, and I would have liked to have seen more.
52 – Week 20 – God is Fragged | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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Did Luthor somehow get access to the Dominators metagene research for his own evil doings?
52 – Week 20 – God is Fragged | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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His metagene allows him to tolerate the substance in a higher dose than the contortionists who inspired him.
Week 42: Doing Donuts on Free Lunch Drive Douglas Wolk 2007
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I'm also concerned about the Steel/metagene timeline.
Week 8: Be Whose Hero, Again? Douglas Wolk 2006
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About the relative dearth of metagene characters - you'd think so by the specific origin stories, but last time they had a metagene storyline during the whole Zod saga in the Superman books, they had throwaway panels showing that characters like Captain Marvel and Dr. Fate were depowered along with everybody else.
Week 20: Language Is a Virus from Outer Space Douglas Wolk 2006
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Something else I'm starting to suspect is that no one has been able to 'activate' folks latent metagene.
Week 9: In Paradise, Everybody Speaks English Douglas Wolk 2006
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The one thing that rings false about all of this is the "unlock the metagene" plot.
Archive 2006-06-01 Douglas Wolk 2006
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Last week I mentioned the similarity between Morrison's Wildstorm revamp of Halo Corp and their super-powered product with Luthor's 52-driven metagene project.
Week 25: The Sudden Return of the Unreliable Narrator Douglas Wolk 2006
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