Metagene

The metagene is a gene in some humans that gives them the potential to become "super-powered" metahumans. Many humans' metagenes were activated by the Dominators' Gene-Bomb. Synthetic metagenes were developed at one point by the U.S. military by authorization of General Wade Eiling, but they were flawed, threatening to kill the first test subjects- the Ultramarines.

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Television

• In Young Justice, "Before the Dawn" the existence of the Metagene is revealed and shown to be an object of interest to both the Kroloteans and the Reach.