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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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ecosystem
Biotechnology; Genetic engineering
The complex of a living community and its environment, functioning as an ecological unit in nature. cf abiotic factors; biotic factors.
residues
Biotechnology; Genetic engineering
The components of macromolecules, e.g., amino acids, nucleotides.
opine
Biotechnology; Genetic engineering
The condensation product of an amino acid with either a keto-acid or a sugar, produced by the crown gall tissues. Opine synthesis is a unique characteristic of tumour cells.
folded genome
Biotechnology; Genetic engineering
The condensed intracellular state of the DNA in the nucleoid of a bacterium. The DNA is segregated into domains, and each domain is independently negatively supercoiled.
hemizygous
Biotechnology; Genetic engineering
The condition in which only one allele of a pair is present, as in sex linkage or as a result of deletion. Genes present only once in the genotype and not in pairs; as in haploids, in differential ...
haplozygous
Biotechnology; Genetic engineering
The condition in which only one allele of a pair is present, as in sex linkage or as a result of deletion. Genes present only once in the genotype and not in pairs; as in haploids, in differential ...
protogyny
Biotechnology; Genetic engineering
The condition in which the female reproductive organs (carpels) of a flower mature before the male ones (stamens), thereby ensuring that self-fertilization does not occur.
