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Gene knockout strategy<br />

Gene product<br />

Gene stacking<br />

Genetic drift<br />

Genome<br />

Genomics<br />

Genotype<br />

Germplasm<br />

Gill irrigation<br />

Glycoalkaloids<br />

Glycolysis<br />

Heat-labile<br />

Heterozygous<br />

Homology<br />

Hybrid<br />

Immunoglobulin (Ig)<br />

Immunoglobulin E (Ig<br />

E)<br />

In utero<br />

In vitro<br />

In vivo<br />

Intellectual property<br />

(IP)<br />

Introgression<br />

Irradiation<br />

Leptokurtic<br />

Lipogenesis<br />

Mass spectrometry<br />

Mating system<br />

Meiosis<br />

Methanogenesis<br />

Mitosis<br />

Mutagenesis<br />

Mycorrhizae<br />

Ontogenetic delay<br />

Ontogeny<br />

Operons<br />

an approach used to determine the function of a specific gene by inactivating<br />

(knocking out) that gene in the intact organism and studying the consequences of<br />

this modification.<br />

proteins resulting <strong>from</strong> the transcription of a gene.<br />

the process of inserting two or more different genes into an organism.<br />

the random change in gene frequencies in populations.<br />

the master blueprint for the total set of an organism’s genes.<br />

the study of genomes.<br />

the hereditary constitution of an organism.<br />

hereditary material.<br />

oxygen transfer <strong>from</strong> water to the blood in fish.<br />

toxic secondary organic compounds found in the potato family.<br />

the process by which sugars are converted to acids.<br />

easily destroyed by heat.<br />

having two different genes at a given location on the chromosome map.<br />

structural similarity due to descent <strong>from</strong> a common ancestor or form.<br />

the offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties,<br />

species or races.<br />

see antibody.<br />

an antibody produced by an allergen which has specific structural and biological<br />

properties.<br />

within the uterus.<br />

outside the <strong>living</strong> body; in a laboratory or test tube.<br />

within the <strong>living</strong> body.<br />

the legal rights associated with inventions, artistic expressions and other products<br />

of the imagination (e.g. patent, copyright and trade-mark law.)<br />

movement of a new gene into a population.<br />

a process involving the use of low levels of radiation to reduce the presence of<br />

disease causing agents, for example during the processing of food products.<br />

a normal statistical curve that is quite steep or sharp.<br />

the conversion of carbohydrates and organic acids to fat.<br />

a technique for determining the composition of a molecule and its fragments.<br />

the mode of transmission of genes <strong>from</strong> one generation to the next through sexual<br />

reproduction.<br />

cell division by which eggs and sperm are produced.<br />

the process of creating methane gas during metabolism.<br />

the process by which the equal partitioning of replicated chromosomes into two<br />

identical groups takes place.<br />

the process of changing the DNA base sequence at a specific site.<br />

a group of fungi that grow in close association with plant roots.<br />

a delay in the course of growth and development to maturity.<br />

the course of growth and development of an individual to maturity.<br />

gene clusters under common control in bacteria.

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