transgenic organisms
What transgenic organisms means in Biology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Organisms whose cells contain transferred DNA that can be translated within them.
A whole organism containing DNA from another species is transgenic.
Topics that use transgenic organisms
- Recombinant DNA technology (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- cDNA and reverse transcriptase
- complementary base pairing
- DNA ligase
- insertional inactivation
- polymerase chain reaction
- post-translational modification
- primers
- promoter region
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