word
gene drive
JEEN DRYV
dʒiːn draɪvListen
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Syllable breakdown
genedrive
Dictionary meaning
genetic engineering technique that propagates a particular set of genes throughout a population far more rapidly than normal inheritance would allow; proposed for eliminating disease-carrying insects
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