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gene-splicing

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gene-splicing
n.
The process in which fragments of DNA from one or more different organisms are combined to form recombinant DNA and are made to function within the cells of a host organism.
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But that is tantamount to what the European Commission and parliament have decided to require for foods derived from organisms that have been genetically improved with the most precise gene-splicing techniques.
A label we don't need by Miller, Henry I. / Reason
The lab technique, gene-splicing (see "How to put a vitamin in rice", below), lets scientists transplant genes from almost any organism into another: Fish genes can be woven into strawberries, virus genes slipped into bananas.
Techno food: genetically modified crops cook up a sizzling debate. ... by Dyer, Nigole / Science World
PHOTO (1--Color) Dave Crissman gives instructions to his 11th-grade science class at Valencia High School before they head to the lab to work on a gene-splicing experiment.
LEARNING MYSTERY OF GENES; VALENCIA STUDENTS MANIPULATE DNA by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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