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gene drive

gene drive noun: the process or result of causing a gene to spread rapidly through a population; especially the use of one or more molecular tools to stimulate biased inheritance of particular genes to alter entire populations of sexually reproducing organisms.

Noun

gene drive (plural gene drives)

  1. The process or result of causing a gene to spread rapidly through a population; especially the use of one or more molecular tools to stimulate biased inheritance of particular genes to alter entire populations of sexually reproducing organisms.

Forms of gene drive

pluralgene drives

Questions about gene drive

What does gene drive mean?
Gene drive means the process or result of causing a gene to spread rapidly through a population; especially the use of one or more molecular tools to stimulate biased inheritance of particular genes to alter entire populations of sexually reproducing organisms.
What part of speech is gene drive?
Gene drive is a noun.
What is the plural of gene drive?
The plural of gene drive is gene drives.

Words near gene drive in the dictionary

  1. Gene Autry
  2. gene bank
  3. gene banks
  4. gene cassette
  5. gene cassettes
  6. gene drive
  7. gene drives
  8. gene expression
  9. gene expressions
  10. gene families
  11. gene family

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