germ line gene therapy
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- The delivery of a gene or genes to a fertilized egg or an early embryonic cell. The transferred gene(s) is present in all or some of the nuclei of the cells of the mature individual, including possibly the reproductive cells, and alters the phenotype of the individual that develops.
UN Food and Agriculture Organization - Cite This Source - This Definition - androgenesis, asexual propagation, egg, fertilization, karyogamy, polyspermy, pro-nucleus, Pronucleus, reproduction, Sexual reproduction, zygote
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