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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