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Travis
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Travis asked in Science & MathematicsBiology · 1 decade ago

What is the difference between transfected and trangenic?

in plants

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Transgenic is a plant given a gene from another plant. Transfected refers to the incorporation of genetic material (cDNA, mRNA etc) for a particular protein usually by in vitro methods.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    A transgenic plant is one that has been given a gene from another organism. A transfected plant is a transgenic plant created through a specific set of processes. Other processes do exist.

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