Sentence examples for transferring genes from inspiring English sources

There are two methods of transferring genes, for example.

But the most zealous seem to say that virtually no benefit could outweigh the risk of genetic pollution from transferring genes between species.

Genetic engineering techniques of transferring genes from a dangerous organism to a safer one now allow scientists to work with H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS, and other lethal microbes.

In addition to the traditional varieties, generated by natural mutations, a few such strains have been created by transferring genes directly from one variety to another.

Transferring genes from one plant (especially one that has not been selectively bred to be edible) to another could result in a poisonous crop.Greenpeace, probably the world's most powerful environmental group, points to the example of a gene recently transferred from a Brazil nut to a soyabean.

Over the past decade, many approaches to transferring genes into the skin have been investigated.

A modified strain of H.I.V., Callaway noted, is often used in labs to transfer genes between organisms.

But microbes also transfer genes among one another.

Since all organisms use the same genetic material (DNA), the power of the technique includes the ability to transfer genes between organisms that normally would never interbreed.

But one of the most popular options was a GM method called "cis-genetics", which transfers genes between different species of the same plant.

On average, worms had 173 horizontally transferred genes, flies had 40 and primates had 109.