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Animal Biotechnology: Applications and potential risks
Published in CRC Press
2010
Pages: 219 - 250
Abstract
Animal biotechnology is the use of science and engineering to modify living organisms. Its aim is to enhance products by improving farm and domestic animals. Examples of animal biotechnology include creating transgenic animals (animals with one or more genes introduced by human intervention), using gene knockout technology to produce animals with a speci c inactivated and/or overproducing gene for human consumption. Animal biotechnology can also be used to produce nearly identical animals by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) (or cloning) for superior characteristics and also as living factories. Table 14.1 illustrates key events in the advances in animal biotechnology. © 2010 by Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
About the journal
JournalBiotechnology in Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals
PublisherCRC Press
Open AccessNo
Concepts (12)
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    Biotechnology
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    Clone cells
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    Genes
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    DOMESTIC ANIMALS
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    GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNOLOGIES
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    HUMAN CONSUMPTION
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    Human intervention
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    LIVING ORGANISMS
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    Science and engineering
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    SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFERS
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    TRANSGENIC ANIMALS
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    Animals