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gametes
Means the sperm or unfertilised eggs of aquatic animals that are held or transported separately prior to fertilisation.
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genetic containment
Prevent escape to the wild of organisms that can propagate, or allow only the release of organisms that are reproductively sterile.
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genetic diversity
All of the genetic variation in an individual population, or species.
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genetic diversity
All of the genetic variation in an individual population or species (ICES 1995, 2003).
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genetic material
Means any material of plant, animal, microbial or other origin containing functional units of heredity.
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genetic resources
Means genetic material of actual or potential value.
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genetically modified
f} an organism derived from an activity which has involved or resulted in the formation of derivation of new combinations of heritable material by the insertion of nucleic acid molecules, produced by whatever means out side the cell, into any virus, bacterial plasmid, or other vector system so as to allow their incorporation in to a host organism in which they do not naturally occur but in which t...
genetically modified organism
An organism in which the genetic material has been altered anthropogenically by means of recombinant DNA technologies. …
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genetically modified organism
An organism modified by an artificial technique of genetic modification which is then capable of either replication or transfer of the inserted genetic material to other organisms (ACRE, 1993).
Synonyms :genetically engineered organism; genetically manipulated organism; GMO; transgenic organism
genetically modified organisms
Organism in which genetic material has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally by mating and or natural recombination (excludes hybrids and polyploids; includes transgenics) …
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