Transgenic
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- An organism in which a foreign DNA gene (a transgene) is incorporated into its genome early in de- velopment. The transgene is present in both somatic and germ cells, is expressed in one or more tissues, and is inherited by offspring in a Mendelian fashion. See Transgenic animal, Transgenic plant.
Susan Allender-Hagedorn and Charles Hagedorn - Cite This Source - This Definition - An individual in which a transgene has been integrated into its genome. In transgenic eukaryotes, the transgene must be transmitted through meiosis to allow its inheritance by the offspring.
UN Food and Agriculture Organization - Cite This Source - This Definition - Containing genes altered by insertion of DNA from an unrelated organism. Taking genes from one species and inserting them into another species to get that trait expressed in the offspring.
USDA CSREES - Cite This Source - This Definition - founder animal, genetic pollution, plantibody, Transgene, Transgenic animal, Transgenic plant
- An experimentally produced organism in which DNA has been artificially introduced and incorporated into the organism's germ line, usually by injecting the foreign DNA into the nucleus of a fertilized embryo. See also cell, gene, nucleus
National Human Genome Research Institute - Cite This Source - This Definition - An experimentally produced organism in which DNA has been artificially introduced and incorporated into the organism's germ line. See also: cell, DNA, gene, nucleus, germ line
Human Genome Project - Cite This Source - This Definition - Aggregation technique, Bacteria, Eukaryote, Microinjection, Prokaryote, Recombinant DNA