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transgenic — (transgenic animal or plant) An animal or plant that has gained new genetic information from the insertion of foreign DNA. It may be produced by such techniques as injecting DNA into animal eggs, electroporation of mammalian cells and plant cell… … Dictionary of microbiology
transgenic — ► ADJECTIVE Biology ▪ containing genetic material into which DNA from a different organism has been artificially introduced. DERIVATIVES transgenics plural noun … English terms dictionary
transgenic — [trans jen′ik, tranzjen′ik] adj. having genetic material, in all cells, that includes a gene or DNA sequence transferred by means of genetic engineering from a genetically unlike organism … English World dictionary
Transgenic — Having genetic material (DNA) from another species. This term can be applied to an organism that has genes from another organism. It is understood that the foreign genes are in the transgenic animal s germ cell DNA and so can be transmitted from… … Medical dictionary
transgenic — I. adjective Date: 1982 being or used to produce an organism or cell of one species into which one or more genes of another species have been incorporated < a transgenic mouse > < transgenic crops >; also produced by or consisting of transgenic… … New Collegiate Dictionary
transgenic — [[t]trænzʤe̱nɪk[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n Transgenic plants or animals contain genetic material that has been added to them from another species. [TECHNICAL] ...transgenic sheep that secrete a human protein into their milk … English dictionary
transgenic — /trans jen ik, tranz /, adj. of, pertaining to, or containing a gene or genes transferred from another species: transgenic mice. [1980 85] * * * … Universalium
transgenic — 1. adjective /tɹɑːnzˈdʒɛnɪk,tɹanzˈdʒɛnɪk/ Of, or pertaining to an organism whose genome has been changed by the addition of a gene from another species; genetically modified. The third type are human transgenic embryos, made by injecting a… … Wiktionary
transgenic — adj. Describes an animal or plant that has been genetically altered. Example Citation: The transplantation of foreign genes into plants has provoked widespread fear around the world that mankind would poison the environment. But to date there has … New words
transgenic — trans|gen|ic [trænzˈdʒenık US træns ] adj technical having one or more ↑genes from a different type of animal or plant ▪ transgenic mice … Dictionary of contemporary English
