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:

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Dr. William Pavan, of the National Human Genome Research Institute's Laboratory of Genetic Disease Research, defines transgenic.

illustrated:

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related
terms:

cell, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), gene, nucleus, germ line

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