Term: transgene: an exogenous gene introduced into the genome of another organism
Candidate hypernym: gene: (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity → 1
Candidate hypernym: red gum: red gum tree of Tasmania → 0
Candidate hypernym: dog fennel: weedy plant of southeastern United States having divided leaves and long clusters of greenish flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: lard: soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog → 0
Candidate hypernym: retraction: the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back → 0
Candidate hypernym: ceratopteris: water ferns → 0
Candidate hypernym: wonderer: someone who is curious about something → 0
Candidate hypernym: bicentennial: the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it) → 0
Candidate hypernym: war department: a former executive department of the United States government; created in 1789 and combined with the Navy Department in 1947 → 0
Candidate hypernym: percent sign: a sign (`%') used to indicate that the number preceding it should be understood as a proportion multiplied by 100 → 0
Candidate hypernym: finger scan: biometric identification by automatically scanning a person's fingerprints electronically → 0