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transgene

noun

  1. gene or genetic material that has been transferred naturally, or by any of a number of genetic engineering techniques from one organism to another
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From trans- + gene, from 1980s.

  1. A 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 […]”