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Dominant(-acting) oncogene

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Food Biotechnology

A gene that stimulates cell proliferation and contributes to oncogenesis when present in a single copy. (See Oncogene.)

Susan Allender-Hagedorn and Charles Hagedorn — An Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Annotated Dictionary

A gene that stimulates and contributes to oncogenesis when present in a single copy.

UN Food and Agriculture Organization — Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture