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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The process in which fragments of DNA from one or more different organisms are combined to form recombinant DNA.
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- noun genetics A technique in which
fragments ofDNA (often from different individuals or species) arecombined to formrecombinant DNA , especially as a part ofgenetic engineering
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