genetic engineer
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a word derived from
genetic engineering.
genetic engineeringnounthe development and application of scientific methods, procedures, and technologies that permit direct manipulation of genetic material in order to alter the hereditary traits of a cell, organism, or population.
Example Sentences
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How is a champion golfer like a genetic engineer?
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2021
Alina Chan is a postdoctoral fellow at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and a genetic engineer who began doing some of the most controversial research into the coronavirus from her home.
From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2021
In the new study, Hay’s former graduate student, genetic engineer Anna Buchman of the University of California, San Diego, set Medea on D. suzukii.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 23, 2018
Synthesis at prices comparable to sequencing would greatly accelerate synthetic biology, says Christopher Anderson, a genetic engineer at the University of California, Berkeley.
From Nature ● May 18, 2011
His designs eventually intersect with those of a bona fide genetic engineer, with outrageous results.
From Time Magazine Archive
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