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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Breeding value

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

In quantitative genetics, the part of the deviation of an individual phenotype from the population mean that is due to the additive effects of alleles. In practical terms: if an animal is mated with ...

Active collection

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Defined in the International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources as a collection which complements a base collection (q.v.) and is a collection from which seed samples are drawn for distribution, ...

Transformant

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

In prokaryotes, a cell that has been genetically altered through the uptake of foreign DNA. In higher eukaryotes, a cultured cell that has acquired a malignant phenotype.