Improving livestock for agriculture - technological progress from random transgenesis to precision genome editing heralds a new era

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 109-120

  Laible, Götz ^a   Wei, Jingwei ^a   Wagner, Stefan ^a  

^a RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Genetic improvement; Genome editing; Homologous recombination; Transgenic livestock

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANIMAL PRODUCTS; ECONOMIC INCENTIVE; GENETIC IMPROVEMENTS; GENETIC SEQUENCE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES; TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS; TRANSGENICS;

AGRICULTURE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL WELFARE; DNA MODIFICATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SECURITY; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; MICROINJECTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSGENICS; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BOVINE; BREEDING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; GENOME; PIG; PROCEDURES; SHEEP; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BREEDING; CATTLE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME; LIVESTOCK; SHEEP; SWINE;

EID: 84921608506     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.201400193     Document Type: Review

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