- Industry: Agriculture
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Established in October 1945 with the objective of eliminating hunger and improving nutrition and standards of living by increasing agricultural productivity, FAO coordinates the efforts of governments and technical agencies in programs for developing agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and land and ...
The incorporation of one or more copies of a gene into a chromosome.
Industry:Biotechnology
The individual in a family in whom an inherited trait is first identified.
Industry:Biotechnology
The inhibition of an enzyme by a metabolite. The enzyme is sometimes the first enzyme in a biosynthetic pathway, and the metabolite is generally the product of the last step in the pathway.
Industry:Biotechnology
The initial method of transgenesis in animals, involving injecting many copies of a particular gene into one of the two pro-nuclei of a fertilized ova. Characterised by a very low success rate. As animal cloning (q.v.) becomes more common, pro-nuclear micro-injection will be replaced by micro-injection of cloned genes into a culture of cloned embryos produced by nuclear transfer, which can be tested for expression of the transgene before transfer to recipient females.
Industry:Biotechnology
The initiation of adventitious or <i>de novo</i> shoots or roots from callus, meristem or suspension cultures.
Industry:Biotechnology
The injection, using micromanipulation, of a single sperm into the cytoplasm of a mature oocyte.
Industry:Biotechnology
The innermost layer of cell wall, with a highly organized microfibrillar structure, which is formed in certain cells after cell elongation has ceased. It gives rigidity to the cells.
Industry:Biotechnology
The inoculum density below which the culture fails to give reproducible cell growth. The minimum density is a function of the tissue (species, explant, cell line) and the culture phase of the inoculum suspension. Minimum density decreases inversely to the aggregate size and division rate of the stock culture.
Industry:Biotechnology
The insertion of a transposable element into or nearby a gene, thereby marking that gene with a known DNA sequence.
Industry:Biotechnology
The insertion of foreign DNA into a cloning vector in a predetermined orientation.
Industry:Biotechnology
