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What are transgenics?

What are transgenics? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. plural of transgenic
  2. The study and practice of genetic modification by inserting genes from one species into the genetic material of another species.
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A growing number of food manufacturers and grocery chains in Europe and elsewhere are taking products containing transgenics off their shelves.
It's the only one in the world that's equipped to perform transgenics with the eggs of almost any species.
One method, transgenics, involves finding the gene associated with a desired function and inserting it into the genome of the plant in question.
When I see Prof. Straus' data on field trials of transgenics in Germany, only fifty field trials last year, it is sad.
However, attempts to produce such transgenics have failed owing to the poor regeneration rates of the somatic embryogenesis protocols used.
Most transgenics labs are equipped to only work with eggs from a single species-for example, fruit flies.

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