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transgenic organism
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transgenic organism

Plant, animal, bacterium, or other living organism that has had a foreign gene added to it by means of genetic engineering. In terms of laboratory research, transgenic manipulations of organisms have become well-established scientific procedures which are finding progressively more applications in the health and food industries.

The first genetically-modified primate, a rhesus monkey, was born in January 2001. The monkey had a gene from a jellyfish, that was inserted into an unfertilized monkey egg at the Regional Primate Research Centre, Portland, Oregon, USA.
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Among other things, buyers are being discouraged from maintaining a zero-tolerance policy for accidental commingling of minute quantities of genetically modified organism (GMO) wheat in non-GMO cargoes.
Wheat Journal by Wenzel, Wayne / Farm Journal
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Why should I care about organic cotton? by Sanders, Daniel / New Life Journal
The demonstrators demanded an end to the proliferation of genetically modified organisms and a ban on the use of biotech weapons.
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