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German
Etymology
trans- + Gen
Pronunciation
Adjective
transgen (strong nominative masculine singular transgener, not comparable)
- (genetics, biotechnology) transgenic
2016 March 27, Wolfgang Löhr, “Neue Methoden zur Genmanipulation: Einfach, schnell und nicht teuer”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Deshalb enthielten diese transgenen Pflanzen oftmals Gensequenzen von drei oder mehr unterschiedlichen Organismen. Bei CRISPR ist das zumeist nicht notwendig.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Positive forms of transgen (uncomparable)
Further reading
- “transgen” in Duden online
- “transgen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache