transgenic

Modifies a noun

• DNA: The crucial question is whether transgenic DNA is more likely to spread by horizontal gene transfer than natural DNA.
• mouse: A number of transgenic mice have been established by various groups to study prion protein function.
• crop: In spite of the adoption of the Protocol, however, genetic pollution from transgenic crops is still on the rise.
• maize: Nobody is talking of address by the United States, the home of the culprit transgenic maize.
• plant: Hazards of transgenic plants with the cauliflower mosaic viral promoter.
• soybean: Imagine the predicament of the organic farmer whose neighbor plants transgenic soybeans.

Modifying Another Word

• not: The objective is to determine whether or not transgenic DNA can be detected in milk of cows fed diets containing GM material.
• partially: Therefore, the resulting mouse is only partially transgenic.

Used with adjective complement

• develop: In this work, researchers developed transgenic, or genetically-modified strawberries, which were firmer than traditional ones.