Insert
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Experimentation on fruit flies has shown that there is a master gene ey for creating eye; a scientist can insert the ey gene at random places and create mutants with eyes sticking out of the abdomen or the legs.
Source: Extra Eyes -
Open Mouth, Insert Foot: A more literal example than most, as she keeps sticking it in her mouth in the presence of a teammate that lost her leg at the calf.
Source: Webcomic / Grrl Power - The meaning of a gene depends on how it interacts with other genes: Sticking to the analogy here, if you take the "preheat oven" gene from the cake DNA and insert it into the salad DNA it will be useless because the salad DNA doesn't even have genes like "put the salad in the oven".
Source: Useful Notes / Genetics
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