gene splicing

American  

[jeen splahy-sing] / ˈdʒin ˌsplaɪ sɪŋ /

noun

Genetics.

1. a process using recombinant DNA technology to join, by attachment or insertion, a DNA segment from one source to a DNA segment from another source.

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gene-splicing Scientific  

1. The process in which fragments of DNA from one or more different organisms are combined to form recombinant DNA.

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gene splicing Cultural  

1. A term used to refer to the process by which the DNA of an organism is cut and a gene, perhaps from another organism, is inserted. (See genetic engineering and recombinant DNA.) Gene splicing is often used in industry to allow single-celled organisms to produce useful products, such as human insulin. It is also used in the production of genetically modified organisms.

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Etymology

Origin of gene splicing

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

Some are using genetic testing and exploring gene splicing to produce children with desired traits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Prior research in other disorders has shown that issues related to gene splicing may be to blame.

From Science Daily • Nov. 28, 2023

Exons can be reconnected in different sequences, a phenomenon referred to as alternative gene splicing, which allows a single eukaryotic gene to code for different proteins.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The world already has a legal foundation to prevent gene splicing for warfare: the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention.

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2021

The first, and wildest, is that scientists at WIV were engaged in experiments with bat coronavirus, involving so-called gene splicing, and the virus then escaped and infected humans.

From The Guardian • May 1, 2020