Entry courtesy of
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)

Transgenic

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.
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Dr. William Pavan, of the National Human Genome Research Institute's Laboratory of Genetic Disease Research, defines transgenic.

Related Terms

cell, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), gene, nucleus, germ line