Gene bank
noun (botany)
1.
a collection of seeds, plants, tissue cultures, etc, of potentially useful species, esp species containing genes of significance to the breeding of crops
2.
another name for gene library
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- Genecology
/ˌdʒɛnɪˈkɒlədʒɪ/ noun 1. the study of the gene frequency of a species in relation to its population distribution within a particular environment
- Gene doping
noun 1. a form of drug abuse in sport in which genetic material is injected into muscle to enhance performance or stimulate muscle growth
- Gene dosage compensation
gene dosage compensation n. The putative mechanism that adjusts the X-linked phenotypes of males and females to compensate for the haploid state in males and the diploid state in females.
- Gene-flow
noun, Ecology. 1. the alteration of the frequencies of alleles of particular genes in a population, resulting from interbreeding with organisms from another population having different frequencies. noun 1. the movement and exchange of genes between interbreeding populations