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Transgenic vs Nontransgenic - What's the difference?

transgenic | nontransgenic |

As adjectives the difference between transgenic and nontransgenic

is that transgenic is of, or pertaining to an organism whose genome has been changed by the addition of a gene from another species; genetically modified while nontransgenic is not transgenic.

As a noun transgenic

is an organism whose genome has been 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

    nontransgenic

    English

    Alternative forms

    *non-transgenic

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not transgenic