terminator genenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈtɜː.mɪ.neɪt.ə ˌdʒiːn/us/ˈtɝː.mə.neɪt̬.ɚ ˌdʒiːn/a gene (= part of a cell that controls development) that has been designed to make a plant unable to produce new young plants
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Genetics
- adenine
- anaphase
- chromosomal
- codon
- deoxyribonucleic acid
- double helix
- gene therapy
- genetic code
- GMO
- heredity
- homozygous
- inheritance
- mutation
- oncogene
- recessive
- ribosomal RNA
- ribosome
- sex chromosome
- synapsis
- translocation
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