suicide seed

noun

A proposed kind of modified seed whose use would be restricted by having important genes activated only in response to some stimulus (such as a special chemical), and which would otherwise produce infertile second-generation seeds.

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Meanings

nounsuicide seed (plural suicide seeds)

plural suicide seeds

  1. genetic engineeringA proposed kind of modified seed whose use would be restricted by having important genes activated only in response to some stimulus (such as a special chemical), and which would otherwise produce infertile second-generation seeds.
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Chicago

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