transgene

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noun

A gene from one species introduced into the genome of another by transgenesis.

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Meanings

nountransgene (plural transgenes)

plural transgenes

  1. biologyA gene from one species introduced into the genome of another by transgenesis.

    It has created a biotechnology centred on genetic engineering that has introduced transgenes, transmitted through natural interspecies crosses, which, in turn, have allowed emergence of resistant superweeds and superpests, which, in their turn, demand the application of further chemical poisons […]

    2007, Will Barnes, “Climate Change and Capital”, in Mute, volume 2, number 5, →ISSN

Origin

From trans- + gene, from 1980s.

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Translations

French transgène
  • transgènegene from one species
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APA

transgene. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transgene

MLA

“transgene.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transgene. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transgene,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transgene.

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