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noun
A gene from one species introduced into the genome of another by transgenesis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, biotechnology, engineering, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
an exogenous gene introduced into the genome of another organism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: gene, cistron, factor
History
From trans- + gene, from 1980s.
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