English Explanatory Dictionary

transgene

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A gene from one species introduced into the genome of another by transgenesis.

Word forms

transgene transgenes

Etymology

From trans- + gene, from 1980s.

Related words

transgenic
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