gene bank
Britishnoun
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a collection of seeds, plants, tissue cultures, etc, of potentially useful species, esp species containing genes of significance to the breeding of crops
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another name for gene library
Example Sentences
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The national gene bank has been working with other groups to draft regulations through the agriculture ministry to align Kenyan law with the treaty.
From BBC • Jul. 20, 2025
They have received requests from disease researchers across the world for access to the ancient DNA profiles, and eventually aim to make the gene bank open access.
From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2024
"We have a whole gene bank here in our cellars, with all the possible Brussels sprouts varieties that were available from the past," Cees Sintenie, a plant breeder at Bejo Zaden, told the publication.
From Salon • Nov. 20, 2023
Their mission now was to collect hundreds of fragments of staghorn and elkhorn for NOAA’s gene bank, plus any other species they had time to collect.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2023
All the records that were kept in the gene bank were obviously ancient.
From Scorched Earth by Petrovic, Walter D.
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