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Macroinjection --- (n) A method of injecting the total DNA from one cotton variety (donor) into the embryos of another cotton variety (recipient)
Manipulation --- (n) Control or handle something with skill
Marker gene --- (n) A part of a gene which indicates the presence of genetic modification
Method --- (n) A way of doing something
Microorganism --- (n) An organism which is so small that it can be seen only under a microscope
Microcapillary --- (n) A very fine tube which is used to insert DNA solution into a nucleus.
Microscopic device --- (n) A very fine equipment
Microinjection --- (n) The most precise techniques for delivering macro-molecules into specific intracellular compartments of living cells
Mutation --- (n) A spontaneous change in the structure of composition of a gene such that it can be inherited
Nucleus --- (n) A compact body which is present in most cells and contains hereditary materials in the form of chromosomes, surrounded and separated from the rest of the cell by a nuclear membrane
Nucleolus --- (n) A rounded body within the cell nucleus that takes the same stain as chromosomes
Offspring --- (n) The young state of a living thing
Patent --- (n) An official document giving the holder the sole right to make, use or sell and invention and preventing others from imitating it
Permeability --- (n) The ease of a liquid to enter and spread to every part of an object
Pollinated --- (adj.) Fertiled with pollen
Polypeptide --- (n) A group of peptide which is a substance combines two or more amino acids joined by peptide linkages
Pore --- (n) A tiny opening in the surface of a membrane, through which small particles can pass
Promoter gene --- (n) A part of a gene which is used to start the motion of DNA
Protein --- (n) A complex nitrogenous organic compound of high molecular weight, it consists of amino acids joined by peptide linkages
Protoplast --- (n) A gelatinous living substance inside the cell consisting of a complex colloidal mixture of water, protein, lipoids, carbohydrates, mineral salts etc., having the fundamental powers of livind matter to absorb and assimilate food, to respire and produce energy and to response to external stimuli
Protoplast fusion --- (n) (fusion---------the combination or joining together of separate things ,ideas ,or groups)
Protoplast membrane --- (n) The thin outer surface of the protoplast which is made of protein
Regenerate --- (v) To restore the life of something
Replicate --- (v) To be or make a copy of something
Repulsion --- (n) The tendency of bodies to repel each other
RNA --- (n) It stands for ribonucleic acid, a structural material of chromosome
Shotgun --- (n) A long, precise gun which is used to fire DNA of one cell into another
Sonication --- (n) A method of introducing DNA into sugar beet and tobacco protoplasts by applying a brief exposure of 20 kHz ultrasound in the presence of a plasmid containing the CAT gene fused to the 35S promoter
Species --- (n) A group of animals or plants within a genus differing only in minor details form the others, and able to breed with each other but not with other groups
Stability --- (n) The condition of being strong ,steady and not changing
Strain --- (n) A breed or type
T-DNA --- (n) It stands for transferred DNA
Tissue --- (n) A group of cells which performs similar specialized functions in a body
Transformation --- (n) A complete change in someone or something
Tumor --- (n) The abnormal mass of new tissue growing in or on part of the body
Vector --- (n) An organism which transmits parasitic bacteria or virus from one host to another
Virus --- (n) An ultra-microscopic and filterable agent, many diseases of plants and animals are due to it, it may be a living organism or a complex communicable molecule
Wound --- (n) An injury caused deliberately to part of the body by cutting, shooting, etc., especially as the result of an attack
