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Knock-out
An animal or plant from which a certain gene has been deliberately deleted, in order to observe, as a test for the gene's physiological significance, the viability or phenotype of the organism. A knock-out is contrasted to a transgenic, in which a gene from another genomic source has been inserted.
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