transgenic

Examples

• All

• An undergrad in my lab, Emma Dowd, made a new transgenic zebrafish, which expresses this calcium and voltage indicator in every cell in its body.

• So there are so-called transgenic cows and transgenic goats that produce therapeutic proteins in the mammary gland and secrete those therapeutic proteins into the milk.

• According to lab director Gross, "We expect to have transgenic plants within a year."

  Academic text (1998)

• However, progress is being made in the production of transgenic cereals for developing countries.

  Academic text (2001)

• The agency has no financial stake involved if transgenic cotton is found to be creating a risk of insect resistance.

  Academic text (2004)

• Their second such invention, a transgenic mouse for research on allergies, also received a patent.

  Academic text (1994)

• No single policy will adequately address our growing overreliance on a transgenic approach to weed management.

  Academic text (2012)

• Rosen recently developed a transgenic rice plant that can methylate inorganic arsenic into less toxic organic forms.

  Academic text (2015)

• Scientists have developed a transgenic plant that can grow in salty soil.

• Research has shown that certain transgenic crops can help increase food production sustainably.

Synonyms

R

recombinant

vstransgenic

• Specialized

4 8.6

Made by combining genes from different sources to make new DNA

refers specifically to organisms receiving genes from another species

How Modified

transgenic

• Specialized

9 7.5

genetic engineering

• Specialized

27 4.1

mutant

• Specialized

66 6.5

wild type

• Specialized

1 5.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology