"alter" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Laboratory research has shown that altering single genes can extended the lifespan of species of worms and fruit flies.
- Cloning is a prerequisite for genetic engineering, the process of altering or adding genes to an embryo.
- Finally, by altering genes and inserting them into animals, scientists will be able to study how the proteins the genes produce act in the body.
- Dr. Billings says he has safety concerns about the technology and warns that altering genes may prove an exercise in hubris.
- Besides, what matters is not *whether* he has altered genes, but what those genetic changes, if he has them, might lead him to do.
- Forward genetics can be thought of as a counter to reverse genetics, which seeks to alter genes in order to illuminate their multiple phenotypes.
- Is it morally acceptable to alter human genes in an embryo, he wonders, thereby irrevocably influencing the course of human evolution?
- Domestication is the process by which humans alter the morphology and genes of targeted organisms in order to select for desirable traits.
- Altering genes by transplanting them from different species instead of crossbreeding related varieties, bioengineers have already made corn and potatoes more resistant to insect pests.
- The biggest issue with ZFNs is accidentally altering genes besides the target gene.
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