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artificial gene

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noun

Genetics.

  1. a duplicate gene synthesized in the laboratory by combining nucleotides in a sequence characteristic of the copied gene.

Etymology

Origin of artificial gene

First recorded in 1970–75

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The Kan team first constructed an artificial gene that could replace the instructions of a faulty gene subunit that was causing beta thalassemia.

From Time Magazine Archive

At an American Chemical Society meeting in San Francisco, they announced that using only off-the-shelf chemicals, they had made an artificial gene that does all the work of its natural counterpart.

From Time Magazine Archive

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