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transgenics

transgenics noun: the study and practice of genetic modification by inserting genes from one species into the genetic material of another species. Also the plural of transgenic.

Noun

transgenics

  1. The study and practice of genetic modification by inserting genes from one species into the genetic material of another species.

Also used as

transgenics is also the plural of transgenic.

Questions about transgenics

What does transgenics mean?
Transgenics means the study and practice of genetic modification by inserting genes from one species into the genetic material of another species.
What part of speech is transgenics?
Transgenics is a noun.

Words near transgenics in the dictionary

  1. transgenetic
  2. transgenetically
  3. transgenic
  4. transgenically
  5. transgenicity
  6. transgenics
  7. transgenome
  8. transgenomic
  9. transgenosis
  10. transgenre
  11. transgentleman

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