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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

NALT Core

Concept information

  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. genetic resources
  3. gene banks
  1. Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment
  2. natural resources
  3. biological resources
  4. genetic resources
  5. gene banks

Preferred term

gene banks

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information The place where genetic material (cells, nucleic acids, etc.) is preserved. The main purpose is to conserve the DNA, RNA, genes, genome etc., for research or some other future use.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • genetic repositories
  • genetic resource banks

Scope note

  • Use for the physical collections of genetic material; for databases of gene sequence data USE genetic databases

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/7766

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