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Transgene

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Science› Biotechnology and Genetics

Food Biotechnology

See Transgenic.

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

An isolated used to transform an organism. Often, but not always, the transgene has been derived from a different species than that of the recipient.

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

Science› Biotechnology and Genetics

Stem Cell

A gene that has been incorporated from one cell or organism and passed on to successive generations.

DHHS — Stem Cells: Scientific Progress and Future Research Directions