Genetic engineering

Genetic engineering

The science of modifying and manipulating genes to create new artificial DNA or synthetic genes of different organisms. There are many purposes for genetic engineering, some of which include finding better treatment for diseases, or simply for discovering new organism of interest.

Industry: Agriculture; Biotechnology

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Genetic engineering

Gene conservation

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

The conservation of species, populations, individuals or parts of individuals, by in situ or ex situ methods, to provide a diversity of genetic materials for present and future generations.

Water stress

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

The condition when plants are unable to absorb enough water to replace that lost by transpiration. The results may be wilting, cessation of growth, or even death of the plant or plant parts.

Corpus

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

The corpus is found below the tunica (q.v.) and is a part of the apical meristem. In the corpus, cells divide in all directions, giving them an increase in volume.

Glycosylation

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

The covalent addition of sugar or sugar-related molecules to proteins or polynucleotides.

Volatilization

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

The conversion of a solid or liquid into a gas or vapour.

Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

The frequencies of genotypes at a locus resulting from random mating at that locus; for two alleles, A 1 and A 2 , with respective frequencies p and q , the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium ...

Transformation frequency

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

The fraction of a cell population that takes up foreign DNA; expressed as the number of transformed cells divided by the total number of cells in a population.