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Transplastomic vs Transgenic - What's the difference?

transplastomic | transgenic |

As adjectives the difference between transplastomic and transgenic

is that transplastomic is (genetics) having genetically modified chloroplasts while transgenic is of, or pertaining to an organism whose genome has been changed by the addition of a gene from another species; genetically modified.

As a noun transgenic is

an organism whose genome has been genetically modified.

transplastomic

English

Adjective

(Transplastomic plant) (-)
  • (genetics) Having genetically modified chloroplasts

    • 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