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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Scientific alteration of the structure of genetic material in a living organism. It involves the production and use of recombinant DNA and has been employed to create bacteria that synthesize insulin and other human proteins.
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- noun The
deliberate modification of the geneticstructure of anorganism .
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- noun the technology of preparing recombinant DNA in vitro by cutting up DNA molecules and splicing together fragments from more than one organism
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Coined by Jack Williamson in his 1941 book Dragon's Island.
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