Definition of genetic engineering in US English:
genetic engineering
noundʒəˈnɛdɪk ˌɛndʒəˈnɪ(ə)rɪŋjəˈnedik ˌenjəˈni(ə)riNG
The deliberate modification of the characteristics of an organism by manipulating its genetic material.
Example sentencesExamples
- That may be true in medicine, but in athletics, genetic engineering is not a theme of science fantasy, but a sobering fact of our cyborg present.
- Wheat is a major world crop and as such is a primary target for improvement of agronomic characteristics via genetic engineering.
- The manipulation of tomato fruit quality through genetic engineering is reasonably well advanced.
- The genetic engineering of livestock for human medical applications is known as pharming.
- RNA is also taking a place in the areas of gene therapy and genetic engineering.
- Who is going to stop someone from creating designer babies by genetic engineering?
- The present corporate-sponsored push for genetic engineering aims at reversing this situation.
- Perhaps the ultimate preventive treatment will involve some form of genetic engineering.
- The transatlantic dispute over genetic engineering threatens to be much more divisive.
- Genomics and genetic engineering are also playing a substantial role in the development of agricultural biotechnology.
- You've been an outspoken critic of genetically modified foods and genetic engineering.
- It is not the case that the genes of the salmon itself are altered with genetic engineering.
- With this in mind, why the sudden panic about a few pollen grains and the outrage against gene manipulation by genetic engineering?
- And of course these days, anything's possible especially with genetic engineering.
- Never before has this been done with so little foresight as is happening now with genetic engineering.
- How do plants produced by genetic engineering differ from those produced by traditional breeding?
- There are appropriate uses of genetic engineering, and there are inappropriate uses.
- This genetic engineering is inseparable from global economic systems, with its global reach and ambition.
- The advancement of genetic engineering and biotechnology will further alienate farmer from farming.
- Does the transformation of scales into feathers require massive genetic engineering?