transgene
See also: transgène
English
Etymology
trans- + gene, from 1980s.
Noun
transgene (plural transgenes)
- (genetics, biotechnology) A gene from one species introduced into the genome of another by transgenesis.
- 2007, Will Barnes, “Climate Change and Capital”, in Mute, volume 2, number 5, ISSN 1356-7748:
- It has created a biotechnology centred on genetic engineering that has introduced transgenes, transmitted through natural interspecies crosses, which, in turn, have allowed emergence of resistant superweeds and superpests, which, in their turn, demand the application of further chemical poisons […]
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Related terms
- transgenic
Translations
gene from one species
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Further reading
transgene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- generants, green ants