A gene in a genetically modified crop plant that stops the plant from setting fertile seed, thus preventing the farmer from saving seed for the next season.
终结基因
Example sentencesExamples
The issues in terms of poverty, the terminator gene gives corporate control of food.
‘We're trying to feed the world’ they shout, when people bring up the fact that these companies are advocates for patenting life forms, or introducing terminator genes into crops.
The authors also discuss the negative implications that technology such as the terminator gene could have on developing countries.
The controversy over the terminator gene - in which farmers would be unable to save and use seed in subsequent years - shows us just how central the idea of purpose can be in economic policy.