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biogenetics

(ˌbaɪəʊdʒɪˈnɛtɪks)

(Genetics) (functioning as singular) the branch of biology concerned with altering the genomes of living organisms

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

genet′ic engineer′ing

1. the development and application of scientific procedures and technologies that permit direct manipulation of genetic material in order to alter the hereditary traits of a cell, organism, or population.

2. a technique producing unlimited amounts of otherwise unavailable or scarce biological products by introducing DNA from living organisms into bacteria and then harvesting the product, as human insulin produced in bacteria by the human insulin gene. Also called biogenetics.

[1965–70]

genet′ic engineer′, n.

biogenetics

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Translations

biogenetica

biogenetics

[ˌbaɪəʊdʒɪˈnetɪks] n → biogénétique f

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