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Animal and plant biotechnology
Biotechnology is a branch of science that integrates natural sciences, including the biological study of animal and plants, with engineering. Animal and plant biotechnology applies molecular biology techniques to genetically engineer the genome of animals or plants. The goal of animal and plant biotechnology is to improve the animal or plant population making it more desirable. Applications of biotechnology include improving suitability of the animal or plant for agriculture, industry, or pharmaceutics.
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JUL 13, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Some life forms can enter a kind of dormant state, where they wait for the right conditions so they can reemerge; fungi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 13, 2021Plants & Animals
Before plants could be easily grown to produce delicious foods that we're all familiar with, they had to be domesticated ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 08, 2021Plants & Animals
This image by researcher Viktor Radermacher shows the Heterodontosaurus tucki & a digital reconstruction of the fossil w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 25, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Many people in the world don't have access to enough food. And while humans might find ways to adapt to a changing world ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 10, 2021Plants & Animals
Coral reefs besieged by climate change and pollutants have a new line of defense against disease-an antibiotic commonly ...Written By: Anne MedinaMAY 28, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
There are some aquatic animals like sea cucumbers and some types of catfish that can survive in environments with limite ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 07, 2021Microbiology
There's water all over the world, but only a bit of it - 0.3% - is useful to us, making wastewater treatment an essentia ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 05, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have taken 2,000 years old date palm seeds that were gathered from archaeological sites and used them to gro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 20, 2021Genetics & Genomics
The more we know about the genetic history of food crops, the more prepared we'll be to maintain their growth through en ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 01, 2021Microbiology
Many people think of bacteria as disgusting germs, but there are plenty of important bacterial species that provide us w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 25, 2021Microbiology
Bacteria live everywhere, and we're starting to understand how they affect the biology of animals and plants. This comes ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 17, 2021Microbiology
Scientists have known that wherever humans go, we carry microorganisms with us, and the International Space Station is n ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 07, 2021Plants & Animals
Terroir is a term usually associated with wine; it describes the environmental characteristics like climate and soil tha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 11, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Long ago, aquatic animals adapted to live on land, and this initial group of land-dwelling vertebrates are known as tetr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 08, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
With good food and exercise, many dogs can live a long and healthy life. But some suffer from chronic conditions that ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 07, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Animals grow from what looks like a clump of cells, but those cells organize into specific patterns, laying the right fo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 12, 2021Microbiology
Advances in genetic technologies have revolutionized biomedical research in recent years. One example is the discovery t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 10, 2021Microbiology
People, animals, and even plants are known to have biological clocks, and new work has revealed that free-living bacteri ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 17, 2020Genetics & Genomics
More and more people are being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease as the world's population ages. Scientists have now en ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 07, 2020Plants & Animals
NOAA researchers used video taken on an underwater expedition to identify a new species of comb jellyfish, or ctenophore ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 06, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Zebrafish are a great model organism for biomedical research. They generate large numbers of embryos that develop rapidl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 30, 2020Genetics & Genomics
In the latter half of the last century, agriculture underwent a technological revolution that enabled farmers to create ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 30, 2020Plants & Animals
Soil helps provide plants with some of the nutrients they need, like phosphorous. Fertilizers may include phosphorous, w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 07, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have taken a close look at the physiology of the octopus, creatures that are ancient and unique. Their arms c ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUL 13, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Some life forms can enter a kind of dormant state, where they wait for the right conditions so they can reemerge; fungi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 13, 2021
Plants & Animals
Before plants could be easily grown to produce delicious foods that we're all familiar with, they had to be domesticated
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 08, 2021
Plants & Animals
This image by researcher Viktor Radermacher shows the Heterodontosaurus tucki & a digital reconstruction of the fossil w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 25, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Many people in the world don't have access to enough food. And while humans might find ways to adapt to a changing world
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 10, 2021
Plants & Animals
Coral reefs besieged by climate change and pollutants have a new line of defense against disease-an antibiotic commonly
...
Written By:
Anne Medina
MAY 28, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
There are some aquatic animals like sea cucumbers and some types of catfish that can survive in environments with limite
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 07, 2021
Microbiology
There's water all over the world, but only a bit of it - 0.3% - is useful to us, making wastewater treatment an essentia
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 05, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have taken 2,000 years old date palm seeds that were gathered from archaeological sites and used them to gro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 20, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The more we know about the genetic history of food crops, the more prepared we'll be to maintain their growth through en
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 01, 2021
Microbiology
Many people think of bacteria as disgusting germs, but there are plenty of important bacterial species that provide us w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 25, 2021
Microbiology
Bacteria live everywhere, and we're starting to understand how they affect the biology of animals and plants. This comes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 17, 2021
Microbiology
Scientists have known that wherever humans go, we carry microorganisms with us, and the International Space Station is n
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 07, 2021
Plants & Animals
Terroir is a term usually associated with wine; it describes the environmental characteristics like climate and soil tha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 11, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Long ago, aquatic animals adapted to live on land, and this initial group of land-dwelling vertebrates are known as tetr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 08, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
With good food and exercise, many dogs can live a long and healthy life. But some suffer from chronic conditions that ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 07, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Animals grow from what looks like a clump of cells, but those cells organize into specific patterns, laying the right fo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 12, 2021
Microbiology
Advances in genetic technologies have revolutionized biomedical research in recent years. One example is the discovery t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 10, 2021
Microbiology
People, animals, and even plants are known to have biological clocks, and new work has revealed that free-living bacteri
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 17, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
More and more people are being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease as the world's population ages. Scientists have now en
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 07, 2020
Plants & Animals
NOAA researchers used video taken on an underwater expedition to identify a new species of comb jellyfish, or ctenophore
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 06, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Zebrafish are a great model organism for biomedical research. They generate large numbers of embryos that develop rapidl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 30, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
In the latter half of the last century, agriculture underwent a technological revolution that enabled farmers to create
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 30, 2020
Plants & Animals
Soil helps provide plants with some of the nutrients they need, like phosphorous. Fertilizers may include phosphorous, w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 07, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have taken a close look at the physiology of the octopus, creatures that are ancient and unique. Their arms c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch