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biotechnology
(bi″o-tek-nol´ә-je)
any application of technology that uses biological systems, organisms, or their derivatives, to create new products or processes
or modify existing ones. Broadly used, the term includes processes traditional to agriculture and food production, but it
may be used more narrowly to encompass only new DNA techniques, molecular biology, and reproductive technological applications,
such as gene manipulation and transfer, or cloning.
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