The application of gene engineering in livestock is necessary for various reasons, such as
increasing productivity and producing disease resistance and biomedicine models. Overall …

J. Warren Evans Department of Animal Science Texas A&M University College Station,
Texas 77843 In the near future, improvement of domestic animals for the production of food …

At the time of the first Transgenic Animal Research Conference, the lack of knowledge about
promoter, enhancer and coding regions of genes of interest greatly hampered our efforts to …

An efficient animal cloning technology, using the procedure of nuclear transfer (NT), would
provide many opportunities for livestock agriculture and biomedicine. Although the birth …

Biotechnology is an applied branch of biology that harnesses living systems or organisms to
make useful products for the benefit of mankind. Animal biotechnology utilizes …

Transgenic technology allows for the stable introduction of exogenous genetic information
into livestock genomes. With its ability to enhance existing or introduce entirely novel …

Genetic engineering is likely to bring major advances in biology. The applications of greater
understanding of biological function to agriculture are likely to be extensive. As a result of …

No. Genetically engineered (also known as transgenic) animals are those that carry and
transmit one or more copies of a recombinant DNA sequence (ie, a DNA sequence …

Genetic engineering requires clearly defined objectives, adequate genetic variability and
effective methods of selection. In a given production-marketing System, relative importance …

This paper provides a brief review of some historical aspects of the development of animal
science professionals and programs, and then attempts to project some of the challenges …