please show website reference
2007-05-31 07:00:37 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
genetic engineering
n.
Scientific alteration of the structure of genetic material in a living organism using recombinant DNA, employed for such purposes as creating bacteria that synthesize insulin.
2007-05-31 07:04:33 · answer #1 · answered by ChEkNa . 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
genetic engineering
–noun Genetics. 1. the development and application of scientific methods, procedures, and technologies that permit direct manipulation of genetic material in order to alter the hereditary traits of a cell, organism, or population.
2. a technique that produces unlimited amounts of otherwise unavailable or scarce biological product by introducing DNA isolated from animals or plants into bacteria and then harvesting the product from a bacterial colony, as human insulin produced in bacteria by the human insulin gene.
2007-05-31 14:13:05 · answer #2 · answered by wanderlustcreamale 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you tried looking in a dictionary ?
2007-05-31 14:08:50 · answer #3 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋