knock-in mouse

knock-in mouse
 n.— «A “knock-out” mouse has a gene missing, a “knock-in” mouse has had one changed or substituted.» —“Genetic science alters war on animal rights” by Kirsty Milne Scotsman (Edinburgh, Scotland) Aug. 28, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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