(medicine) The opposite of eugenics; the aggregation of factors, through adverse sexual selection and reproduction, tending to promote bad genetic characteristics in people.
(genetics, of a strain) inbred and with one of its chromosomes replaced by the homologous chromosome of another inbred strain via a series of marker-assisted backcrosses
(biology) The quality or condition of having strong reproductive powers; generation with full fertility between different species or races, specifically between hybrids of the first generation.
(sociology, biology) A social philosophy or practice which advocates the improvement of human hereditary qualities through selective breeding, either by encouraging people with good genetic qualities to reproduce (positive eugenics), or discouraging people with bad genetic qualities from reproducing (negative eugenics), or by technological means.
Alternative form of homeotype [(biology) A specimen identified as belonging to a certain taxon by an authority who compared it directly with a primary type specimen (usually the holotype).]
Relating to all genotypes (of an organism), as for example with pangenotypic treatment plans, pangenotypic drug efficacy, pangenotypic risk, and so on.
(of an organism) The quality or condition of being transgenic, containing one or more transgenes.
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