Introductory Chapter: The Role of Genetic Engineering Technology in the Manipulation of Genetics of Organisms and Synthetic Biology

Abstract

Synthetic biology is a new interdisciplinary science that involves synthesis of biological components, systems, and organisms using genetic engineering technology. The manipulation of DNA or the introduction of DNA of one organism into another organism leads to synthetic biology. The manipulation of the genomes of the organisms is revolutionizing the genetics of the organisms. The cloning of the genes is an important genetic engineering technology and is required for studying the biological properties of the genes, the DNA fragments, and the organization of the genomes. Other techniques that are part of the genetic engineering technology are isolation of DNA, restriction digestion of the DNA, ligation, sequence analyses, and expression.