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The gen part of transgenic comes from genes, not gender. Transgenic refers to an organism or cell whose genome has been altered by the introduction of one or m
by andrewl 2y ago
The gen part of transgenic comes from genes, not gender.
Transgenic refers to an organism or cell whose genome has been altered by the introduction of one or more foreign DNA sequences from another species by artificial means.[1][2]
Trumps’s team grabbed the term to anger credulous people and get their support. Trump might not know what it means, but his team does, and they don’t care. I expect depatru knows what it means as well, or is capable of finding it out. But he’d rather add to the manipulation.
I’m linking to both genome.gov and to Wikipedia in case the government site is taken down.
[1]https://www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Transgenic https://www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Transgenic
[2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgene
- zoklet-enjoyer 2y agoAnimal testing should be banned, so that's fine
- dangerlibrary 2y agoThe shadow druids are gaining a foothold in Silicon Valley circles, it seems.
- Henchman21 2y agoIdiocy is gaining a foothold everywhere it seems to me. I keep wondering if this is how civilization collapses? We just forget how to do stuff and recede back into darkness?
- ricardonunez 2y agoThen ban animal testing no stopping the whole research funding but that’s not the reason why the funding stopped.