Genetic engineering

Genetic engineering

The science of modifying and manipulating genes to create new artificial DNA or synthetic genes of different organisms. There are many purposes for genetic engineering, some of which include finding better treatment for diseases, or simply for discovering new organism of interest.

Industry: Agriculture; Biotechnology

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Genetic engineering

empirical

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Relating to or based upon practical experience, trial and error, direct observation or observation alone, without benefit of scientific method, knowledge or theory.

term finalization

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Repelling movement of the centromeres of bivalents in the diplotene stage of the meiotic prophase, that tends to move the visible chiasmata toward the ends of the bivalents.

base substitution

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Replacement of one base by another in a DNA molecule.

asexual reproduction

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Reproduction that does not involve the formation and union of gametes from the different sexes or mating types. It occurs mainly in lower animals, micro-organisms and plants. In plants, asexual ...

heredity

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Resemblance among individuals related by descent; transmission of traits from parents to offspring.

anaerobic respiration

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Respiration in which foodstuffs are partially oxidized, with the release of chemical energy, in a process not involving atmospheric oxygen, such as alcoholic fermentation, in which one of the end ...

reversion

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

Restitution of a mutant gene to the wild-type condition, or at least to a form that gives the wild phenotype; more generally, the appearance of a trait expressed by a remote ancestor.