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genetically modified

adjective

  1. denoting or derived from an organism whose DNA has been altered for the purpose of improvement or correction of defects: genetically modified food GM
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • genetic modification, noun
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Example Sentences

"This new offspring production system has the potential for the generation of genetically modified rats and could become one of the most effective methods of animal offspring production," says Dr. Hiroaki Taketsuru of Niigata University.

And currently, the EU has much stricter rules around the commercial sale of gene-edited and genetically modified crops.

From BBC

By 2018, at least two babies had been born from germline editing with embryos that had been genetically modified in China.

From Salon

The vast majority of soy, corn and canola in the U.S. comes from plants that have been genetically modified to resist the herbicide glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup.

From Salon

A team at Yunnan Agricultural University developed the genetically modified pig.

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