transgenic

(adjective)

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

Related Terms

Examples of transgenic in the following topics:

  • Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)

    • Transgenic modification, adding recombinant DNA to a species, has led to the expression of desirable genes in plants and animals.
    • Animals that have been modified to express recombinant DNA are called transgenic animals.
    • Several human proteins are expressed in the milk of transgenic sheep and goats, while others are expressed in the eggs of chickens.
    • Plants that have received recombinant DNA from other species are called transgenic plants.

  • Genetic Engineering

    • If the foreign DNA that is introduced comes from a different species, the host organism is called transgenic.

  • Molecular and Cellular Cloning

    • In the bacterial context, the fragment of DNA from the human genome (or the genome of another organism that is being studied) is referred to as foreign DNA (or a transgene) to differentiate it from the DNA of the bacterium, which is called the host DNA.