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TRANSGENE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An exogenous gene introduced into the genome of another organism
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("transgene" is a kind of...):
cistron; factor; gene ((genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity)