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Definition of Gene-splicing
1. Noun. The technology of preparing recombinant DNA in vitro by cutting up DNA molecules and splicing together fragments from more than one organism.
Generic synonyms: Biotech, Biotechnology
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gene-splicing
Literary usage of Gene-splicing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biotechnology and Food: Leader and Participant Guide by Tom Zinnen, Jane Voichick (1994)
"In the late 1970s, biologists used gene-splicing techniques to insert the gene
for human insulin into microbes, which then produced large amounts of human ..."
2. Apocalypse Prophesied: From Eden to New Jerusalem: God's Plan for Humanity by Herbert R. Stollorz (2006)
"gene-splicing manipulations are at least as harmful to our health if not many
... gene-splicing manipulations set in motion through a technological chain ..."
3. Papers and Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Conference on Agricultural edited by Melvin L. Myers (1994)
"Sometimes the term biotechnology is used to characterize a small subset of
techniques, that is, genetic engineering, gene splicing, or recombinant DNA ..."
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