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  • adjective Not transgenic

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Examples

  • Despite the growing interest in GM crops, nontransgenic agricultural research remains the backbone of agricultural research in most African countries.

    Genetically modified crops in Africa 2007

  • Researchers at the University of Illinois are measuring the behavior of western corn rootworms in different configurations of insect-resistant transgenic corn plots and adjacent nontransgenic refuges.

    The Times Today's News 2010

  • The mature transgenic animals were bred usually with nontransgenic goats as a first step toward producing a herd.

    Scientific American 2009

  • Fraunhofer reports that its vaccine platform combines the short growing cycle of nontransgenic plants with proprietary gene expression technology to create rapid and time-efficient vaccine antigens.

    GEN News Highlights 2009

  • Mr. Newberry said that none of the goats in the herd, including nontransgenic ones used as surrogate mothers, would be allowed in the food supply.

    news | WM | http://www.starnewsonline.com 2009

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