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Term Definition
Transformation

Genetic alteration of a cell resulting from the introduction uptake and expression of foreign DNA.

Transgene

A gene used in transformation (see transgenic plants).

Transgenic plants

Plants that have been genetically engineered using recombinant DNA techniques for new characteristics. Transgenic plants are produced by adding one or more genes to a plant genome using a process called transformation.

UPLB

The University of the Philippines, Los Baños (website)

USDA

United States Department of Agriculture (website)

Variable Number of Tandem Repeats

(VNTR) A synonym of minisatellites

Variety

A recognized division of a species, next in rank below subspecies; it is distinguishable by characteristics such as flower colour, leaf colour and size of mature plant. The term is considered to be synonymous with "cultivar".

Viability test

A test on a sample of seeds from an accession that is designed to estimate the viability of the entire accession.

VIR

N.I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Industry, Russia (website)

WARDA

Africa Rice Center (website)

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Sources for this glossary: IPGRI Tech. Bulletin 10: Molecular markers for genebank management and Seed handling in genebanks training course
Glossary open source software by M. Brampton

International Agricultural Research Centres who worked together to make this site possible:
Africa Rice Center | Bioversity International | CIAT | CIMMYT | CIP | ICARDA | ICRISAT | IFPRI | IITA | ILRI | IRRI |

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