ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2014, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (1): 1-8.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2014.01.001

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The Application of Gene Knockout Technologies in Big Domestic Animals

ZHAO Yu-hang1LIANG Hao1LIU Ming-qiu2*LI Xue-ling1*   

  1. (1.The Key Laboratory of National Education Ministry for Mammalian Reproductive
    Biology and Biotechnology,Inner Mongolia University,Huhhot 010021
    China2.College of Life Science, Inner Mongolia
    University, Huhhot 010021,China)
  • Received:2013-07-19 Online:2014-01-23 Published:2014-01-23

Abstract:

As a powerful toolgene knockout technology has been widely used in biological and medical researchesand gradually utilized to other fields such as agriculturelivestock husbandry and veterinary science.Comparing to traditional homologous recombinationseveral novel techniques including RNA interference (RNAi)zinc finger nuclease (ZFNs)transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs) and the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR/Cas),which have been developed in recent yearscan introduce delicate alteration and silencing in complex genomic DNA and RNA.These techniques are facilitating the disease prevention and trait improvement of big domestic animals.The improvement of these techniques and emergence of new techniquesand their application in domestic animals will push the development of livestock husbandry.This article is a brief overview focusing on the application of new gene knockout techniques include RNAiZFNs and TALENs in big domestic animals such as swinebovine and caprine.

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