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Transgenic vs Gmo - What's the difference?

transgenic | gmo |

As nouns the difference between transgenic and gmo

is that transgenic is an organism whose genome has been genetically modified while gmo is .

As an adjective transgenic

is of, or pertaining to an organism whose genome has been changed by the addition of a gene from another species; genetically modified.

transgenic

English

(wikipedia transgenic)

Adjective

(wikipedia transgenic) (-)
  • Of, or pertaining to an organism whose genome has been changed by the addition of a gene from another species; genetically modified.
  • *2008 , David Batty, The Guardian , 19 May 2008,
  • *:The third type are human transgenic embryos, made by injecting a segment of animal DNA into a human egg.

    • Derived terms

    * transgenics

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An organism whose genome has been genetically modified.

    • See also

    * hybrid

    gmo

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • See also

    * GEO

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