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gene bank

noun botany

a collection of seeds, plants, tissue cultures, etc, of potentially useful species, esp species containing genes of significance to the breeding of crops
another name for gene library

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Words nearby gene bank

genealogical tree, genealogy, gene amplification, genearch, gene augmentation therapy, gene bank, gene clone, genecology, gene doping, gene dosage compensation, gene flow
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