Synthetic Animal: Trends in Animal Breeding and Genetics

Abstract

Synthetic biology is an interdisciplinary branch of biology and engineering. The subject combines various disciplines from within these domains, such as biotechnology, evolutionary biology, molecular biology, systems biology, biophysics, computer engineering, and genetic engineering. Synthetic biology aims to understand whole biological systems working as a unit, rather than investigating their individual components and design new genome. Signifi cant advances have been made using systems biology and synthetic biology approaches, especially in the fi eld of bacterial and eukaryotic cells. Similarly, progress is being made with ‘synthetic approaches’ in genetics and animal sciences, providing exciting opportunities to modulate, genome design and fi nally synthesis animal for favorite traits. Review Article Synthetic Animal: Trends in Animal Breeding and Genetics Abolfazl Bahrami1* and Ali Najafi 2 1Department of Animal Science, University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran 2Molecular Biology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran *Address for Correspondence: A Bahrami, Department of Animal Science, Tehran University, Karaj, I.R. Iran, Tel/Fax: +98 9199300065; Email: a.bahrami@ut.ac.ir Submitted: 31 December 2018 Approved: 10 January 2019 Published: 11 January 2019 Copyright: © 2018 Bahrami A, et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited