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transgene

DEFINITIONS OF: transgene

1

n an exogenous gene introduced into the genome of another organism

Type of:
cistron, factor, gene
(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
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