A transgenic animal is one that carry
foreign gene that has been deliberately inherited into its genome. The idea of
creating transgenic animals gives researchers the opportunity to know the
function of certain gene product In addition to using transgenic animal in reganestic
study.
Transgenic animals are useful in
agriculture By means of Trans genesis, a larger cross breading of desired
traits can be formed. This can be done by selective cross breeding where
farmers used to selectively breed animals to give rise of progeny that exhibit a
desired trait. In fact, farmers work on increasing the amount of a specific
trait or increasing the quality of these animals for example the transgenic caw
can be made to produce more milk or milk with less lactose/cholesterol. Transgenic
plant is another example where they are crossed and efficiently allows farmers
to select a desired trait. This can reduce the looseness of crops and improve
the growth of the produced plants However transgenic animals use is not limited
to agriculture, it further works in many medical applications.
Xenotransplantation, nutritional supplements,
and gene therapy, are all applications where transgenic animals can be used in.
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