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  • noun The transfer of cloned genetic material from one species or breed to another.

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  • noun genetics The process of introducing an exogenous gene into a living organism

Etymologies

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trans- + -genesis

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Examples

  • In the compound's laboratory Robert is experimenting on a new kind of skin, one developed through the gene therapy called transgenesis, an ethically-challenged procedure that has been banned by Robert's superiors.

    CNN.com 2011

  • The technique is called gamete-targeted lentiviral transgenesis — essentially, inserting genes into feline oocytes eggs before sperm fertilization.

    Glow-in-the-dark cats against AIDS, other diseases 2011

  • Little does his audience suspect that this brilliant plastic surgeon, an expert in transgenesis and facial transplants, has a dark secret.

    The New Face of Banderas Lanie Goodman 2011

  • This specific transgenesis genome modification approach will not be used directly for treating people with HIV or cats with FIV, but it will help medical and veterinary researchers understand how restriction factors can be used to advance gene therapy for AIDS caused by either virus.

    Glow-in-the-dark cats against AIDS, other diseases 2011

  • However, Nathan Sutter, a geneticist specialising in dogs at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, says “transgenesis is labourious, expensive and slow”.

    World’s First Transgenic Dog Is A Fluorescent Puppy | Impact Lab 2009

  • Greg Barsh, a geneticist at Stanford University who studies dogs as models of human disease, says creating a transgenic dog is “an important accomplishment”, showing that cloning and transgenesis can be applied to a wide range of mammals.

    World’s First Transgenic Dog Is A Fluorescent Puppy | Impact Lab 2009

  • The technique is called gamete-targeted lentiviral transgenesis - essentially, inserting genes into feline oocytes eggs before sperm fertilization.

    Default- News - USATODAY.com 2011

  • The technique is called gamete-targeted lentiviral transgenesis - essentially, inserting genes into feline oocytes eggs before sperm fertilization.

    Default- News - USATODAY.com 2011

  • This specific transgenesis genome modification approach will not be used directly for treating people with HIV or cats with FIV, but it will help medical and veterinary researchers understand how restriction factors can be used to advance gene therapy for AIDS caused by either virus.

    Default- News - USATODAY.com 2011

  • The noted plastic surgeon Robert Ledgard Antonio Banderas believes that his radical experimentation in "transgenesis" could cure diseases and correct deformities.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

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