germline insertion

[ jurm-lahyn ]

/ ˈdʒɜrmˌlaɪn /

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noun Biotechnology.

the insertion of cloned genes into the egg or sperm cell of an organism, using a gene transfer technique, in order to perpetuate a desired trait in its descendants, as pest-resistance in a crop plant.

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Words nearby germline insertion

germination, germinative, Germiston, germ layer, germ line, germline insertion, germ plasm, germproof, germs, germ theory, germ tube

How to use germline insertion in a sentence

Not only did the insertion work, the extra base pair was kept by offspring of the original bacterium.
Synthetic DNA: The New Drug Makers?|Elizabeth Lopatto|May 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And the insertion of technology into clothes raises a host of potential problems: what if you outgrow the shirt?
Is Wearable Technology a Fad or the Future?|Daniel Gross|January 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Worst of all would be the insertion of U.S. conventional forces in large numbers.
Obama’s Haqqani Dilemma|John Barry|September 28, 2011|DAILY BEAST
I thought it was this interesting way of creating this insertion to the architecture of his own book.
The David Foster Wallace Generation|Seth Colter Walls|April 7, 2011|DAILY BEAST

Top kill, robots, container domes, riser insertion tubes, and now back to more robots.
Wanted: A National Disaster SWAT Team|John Kao|June 2, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The only addition made to it when in use is the insertion of a quill or straw as a mouth-piece.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
There is a degree of evenness and keenness of cutting and clean insertion beyond which it is not possible to go.
Antonio Stradivari|Horace William Petherick
Nor does the insertion of the wrong date avoid the note in the hands of a regular subsequent holder.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
But the insertion by the payee of the words "interest" after the making of a note by authority of maker will not vitiate it.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
The insertion of whyte in l. 905, in the existing authorities, is surely a blunder, and I therefore have omitted it.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer