Transgenic Animals
The term "transgenics" refers to the science of inserting a foreign gene into an organism's genome. Scientists do this, creating a "transgenic" or...
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Transgenic Microorganisms
A transgenic microorganism is a microbe, usually a bacterium, into which genetic information has been introduced from the outside and which possesses the ability to pass that...
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Transgenic Organisms: Ethical Issues
A transgenic organism is a type of genetically modified organism (GMO) that has genetic material from another species that provides a useful trait.
For instance, a...
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Transgenics
The term transgenics refers to the process of transferring genetic information from one organism to another. By introducing new genetic material into a cell or individual, a transgenic org...
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Transgenics
The term transgenics refers to the process of transferring genetic information from one organism to another. By introducing new genetic material into a cell or individual, a transgenic org...
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Genetically Modified Organism
A genetically modified organism, or GMO, is an organism whose genetic structure has been altered by incorporating a single gene or multiple genes—from another or...
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One of my favorite episodes of the television show, "The Simpsons", begins with Marge, the mother, serving her family a dinner of unusually large, genetically modified foods. Shortly after dinner is ...
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