Modification of animal genomes is an age-old tradition rooted in selective breeding of
genetic outlier animals over successive generations for enhancing production traits …

Humans have a long history in shaping the genetic makeup of livestock to optimize
production and meet growing human demands for food and other animal products. Until …

In recent years there has been a veritable explosion in the use of genome editors to create
sitespecific changes, both in vitro and in vivo, to the genomes of a multitude of species for …

Transgenesis is the process by which gene modification is achieved through the introduction
of gene (s) of interest into a cell or an animal embryo to develop transgenic cell lines or …

The prospect of genome editing offers a number of promising opportunities for livestock
breeders. Firstly, these tools can be used in functional genomics to elucidate gene function …

New techniques in molecular biology help us for better understanding of biological
processes. As biologists we resort to powerful approaches for efficient gene transfer which …

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

Genetic modification of livestock has a longstanding and successful history, starting with
domestication several thousand years ago. Modern animal breeding strategies …

Genetic improvement of cattle around the globe has been, and will continue to be, an
important driver of animal agriculture sustainability. There are several reproductive and …

Simple Summary Genetically modified farm animals have been actively used in a number of
applications from testing gene functions to increasing production and economic value of …