| genetic engineering |
The process by which scientists move a genetic sequence (one part of a gene) from one species and insert it into the DNA of another species, thus changing one or more traits of the receiving organism. Differs from traditional breeding, such as cross-pollination.
Ãâó: www.ecohealth101.org/glossary.html
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| genetic engineering |
methods of investigation and of experimentation on genes (cloning, synthesis of a therapeutic protein...)
Ãâó: www.genethon.fr/php/layout.php
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| genetic engineering |
the manipulation of an organism's genetic endowment by introducing or eliminating specific genes through modern molecular biology techniques. (from PUBLIC PERCEPTION ISSUES IN BIOTECHNOLOGY, by Charles Hagedorn and Susan Allender-Hagedorn at Virginia Tech)
Ãâó: www.csa.com/hottopics/gmfood/gloss.php
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| genetic engineering |
The intentional production of new genes and alteration of genomes by the substitution or addition of new genetic material.
Ãâó: www.epidemic.org/glossaryText/glossaryD-G.html
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| genetic engineering |
A way of directly manipulating and changing the genetic make up of an organism to produce desired effects/traits and to eliminate undesirable ones.
Ãâó: www.pub.ac.za/resources/glossary.html
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