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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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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.
