Definition of "transgenic" []

• Of, relating to, or being an organism whose genome has been altered by the transfer of a gene or genes from another species or breed: transgenic mice; transgenic plants. (adjective)
• Of or relating to the study of transgenic organisms: transgenic research. (adjective)

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• "Laboratory experiments have shown that CWD does not cause disease in transgenic mice expressing human PrP, suggesting that humans and other primates might be resistant to this infection."
• "The Media Lab neuroengineering group plans to start studying such devices in transgenic mice this year."
• "Tissue - and site-specific DNA recombination in transgenic mice."