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defined:
An experimentally produced organism in which DNA has been artificially introduced and incorporated into the organism's germ line, usually by injecting the foreign DNA into the nucleus of a fertilized embryo.
explained:
Listen to a detailed explanation. Dr. William Pavan, of the National Human Genome Research Institute's Laboratory of Genetic Disease Research, defines transgenic.
illustrated:
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relatedterms:
cell, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), gene, nucleus, germ line
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