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单词 transgenic
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Definition of transgenic in English:

transgenic

adjective trɑːnzˈdʒɛnɪktranzˈdʒɛnɪktrɑːnsˈdʒɛnɪktransˈdʒɛnɪk
Biology
  • Relating to or denoting an organism that contains genetic material into which DNA from an unrelated organism has been artificially introduced.

    male transgenic mice
    transgenic foods raise numerous health safety questions
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Also the genetic background in common laboratory and transgenic mice affects the phenotype.
    • Tissues were harvested from five independent transgenic lines grown in vitro.
    • Gene mutational damage in the liver can be assessed in the transgenic animal mutation assay.
    • Yet surely we should not be patenting whole life forms, such as transgenic mice or cotton plants?
    • The development of transgenic mice has opened up new possibilities for mutagenicity testing in small animal models.

Derivatives

  • transgene

  • nounˈtranzdʒiːnˈtrænzˌdʒin
    Biology
    • A gene which is artificially introduced into the genome of another organism.

      sperm carrying the human transgene exhibited enhanced motility
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We have functionally rescued these phenotypes with both genomic and cDNA transgenes.
      • This allowed us to obtain homozygous mutants carrying the wild-type transgene in the next generation.
      • For autosomal transgenes, both males and females were used for classification.

Origin

1980s: from trans- 'across' + gene + -ic.

 
 

Definition of transgenic in US English:

transgenic

adjective
Biology
  • Relating to or denoting an organism that contains genetic material into which DNA from an unrelated organism has been artificially introduced.

    male transgenic mice
    transgenic foods raise numerous health safety questions
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Yet surely we should not be patenting whole life forms, such as transgenic mice or cotton plants?
    • The development of transgenic mice has opened up new possibilities for mutagenicity testing in small animal models.
    • Gene mutational damage in the liver can be assessed in the transgenic animal mutation assay.
    • Also the genetic background in common laboratory and transgenic mice affects the phenotype.
    • Tissues were harvested from five independent transgenic lines grown in vitro.

Origin

1980s: from trans- ‘across’ + gene + -ic.

 
 
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