genetic modification
- a word derived from genetically modified.
Example Sentences
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They took the baby to the doctor, and also to the genetic-modification counsellor, to see if something was wrong with the amphibious changes they'd selected.
From Nature • Nov. 4, 2014
One important genetic-modification technique, “wide cross” hybridization, has been performed by plant breeders since the 1930s.
From Forbes • Jul. 2, 2014
Is this field being confronted with the same sort of militant hostility that has dogged genetic-modification research and animal testing?
From Nature • Aug. 29, 2012