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Glossary

A

ADI value

Agar-Agar

Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Alleles

Allergen

Allergy

Amino Acids

Ampicillin Resistance

Amylose, Amylopectin (starch)

Androgenesis

Antibiotic Resistance Gene

Antibodies

Antioxidants

Antisense Technique

Arabidopsis (Thale cress)

Arthropods

Azo dyes

B

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)

Bacteriophages or phages

Baculoviruses

Bases

Bioassay

Biolistic gun; Particle gun

Biopolymers

Bolter

Bt protein; also Bt toxin

C

C4 plants

Callus, also: microcallus

Carbohydrates

Carotenoids

Cartagena Protocol

Celiac Disease

Chitinase

Chloroplasts

Chromosome

Clone Library

Clones

Coleoptera

Complementary Herbicide

Confinement

Corn Borer

Corn root worm

Cyanophycin

D

Delayed Maturity

Deletion

diploid

DNA

DNA methylation

DNA microarray

Dormancy

Dot-blot hybridisation

E

E. coli bacteria

EFSA

Electrophoresis

Electroporation

ELISA

Embryo

Emulsifier

Emulsion

Enzyme

Epigenetics

Event

Existing product

Expression

F

Fatty Acids

Fingerprinting

Fitness

Flavonoids

Food Intolerance

Fructan

Functional Foods

Fungal Resistance

G

Gametes

Gene

Gene Construct

Gene locus

Gene Pool

Gene Silencing

Gene Targeting

Gene Transfer; horizontal and vertical

Genetically Modified Organism (GMO)

Genome

Genotype

Glucanase

Glufosinate

Glutathione

Glyphosate

H

Habitats Directive

Haploid

Haploid breeding

Herbicide

Herbicide Resistance (Herbicide Tolerance)

Heterologous Encapsidation (Transcapsidation)

Heterosis Effect

Heterozygous

Histones

Homologous chromosomes

Homology

Homozygous

Human Genome Project

Hybrid; Hybrid Cultivar

Hybridisation

Hydrogenation

Hypoallergenic Food

I

Immunglobulins (Ig), also: IgE Antibodies

In vitro

Inoculation

Insect Resistance

Insertion

Integration

Inulin and Oligofructose

Isogenic Line

K

Kanamycin Resistance

L

Lactose Intolerance

LD50 value

Lepidoptera

Lignin

M

Marker gene

Meristem Culture

Microinjection

Microsatellites

Modification

Molecular Farming

Molecular markers

Molecular Pharming

Monitoring

Morphology

Mutagenesis

Mutation

Mycorrhizal Fungi

Mycotoxins

N

Natura 2000 areas

Nematodes

Neophyte

Non-target Organisms

Novel Foods

Nuclear Transfer

Nucleic Acid

O

Oligofructose

Oligonucleotides

Out-crossing

P

Parasites and parasitoids

Parthenocarpy

pat Gene

Pathogenic

PCR; polymerase chain reaction

Peptide

Phenotype

Phenylketonuria

Phytopathology; phytopathogenic

Phytophthora infestans, also: late blight

Phytoremediation

Plant secondary metabolites

Plasmid

Plastids

Pleiotropy; pleiotropic effects

Plot

Polyploidy

Population dynamics

Predators

Primer

Processing Aids

Promoter

Proteins

Proteome

Protoplasts

Pseudoallergy

R

Recombination

Refining

Refugia

Regeneration

Release

Reporter Gene

Restriction Enzyme

Rhizobia, also: root nodule bacteria

Rhizomania

Rhizosphere

Ribosome inhibiting proteins

Ribosomes

Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase

RNA

RNAi; RNA interference

Ruderal sites

Running wild

S

Saccharides

Scoring

Segregation

Selection

Sequence Analysis

Smart breeding

Somaclonal Variation

Southern Hybridisation

Splicing

Starch

Starch saccharification

Stem Cells

Sterility

Sugar Substitutes

Sweetener

T

T-DNA

Threshold value

Traceability

Transcription

Transcriptome

Transformation

Transgene

Transient Gene Expression

Translation

Transplastomic

Transposons / Transposable Elements

Trichogramma

Trypsin Inhibitor

U

Unique Identifier

V

Variety

Vector

Viral recombination

Virus resistance

W

Wild type

X

Xenotransplantation

Z

Zygote

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