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![[-- transgenic --]](Images/Terms/transgen.gif)
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| defined: |
An experimentally produced organism in which DNA has been artificially introduced and incorporated into the organism's germ line, usually by injecting the foreign DNA into the nucleus of a fertilized embryo.
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Listen to a detailed explanation.
Dr. William Pavan, of the National Human Genome Research Institute's Laboratory of Genetic Disease Research, defines transgenic. |
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cell, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), gene, nucleus, germ line | |
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