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transgenes

transgenes is the plural of transgene.

Meaning of transgene

Noun

transgene (plural transgenes)

  1. A gene from one species introduced into the genome of another by transgenesis.
    • It has created a biotechnology centred on genetic engineering that has introduced transgenes, transmitted through natural interspecies crosses, which, in turn, have allowed emergence of resistant superweeds and superpests, which, in their turn, demand the application of further chemical poisons […]2007, Will Barnes, “Climate Change and Capital”, in Mute, volume 2, number 5, →ISSN

Questions about transgenes

What is transgenes the plural of?
Transgenes is the plural of transgene.

Words near transgenes in the dictionary

  1. transgene
  2. transgener
  3. transgenerational
  4. transgenerationality
  5. transgenerationally
  6. transgenes
  7. transgeneses
  8. transgenesis
  9. transgenetic
  10. transgenetically
  11. transgenic

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