Microswine

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A breed of swine derived from repetitive inbreeding of small (Yucatan) swine.

    "Microswine with characteristics such as we have seen in the Panepinto hybrid strain afford the investigator a supple, soft skin surface which is similar to humans and may be manipulated easily by injection of DNA or the application of DNA vehicles."

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"Microswine with characteristics such as we have seen in the Panepinto hybrid strain afford the investigator a supple, soft skin surface which is similar to humans and may be manipulated easily by injection of DNA or the application of DNA vehicles."

Etymology

From micro- + swine.

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