Genetics and Molecular Biology

Genetic Engineering

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The genetic engineering is also called as genetic modification. It is the direct manipulation of an organism's of genome by using biotechnology. It is a set of technologies used to change the genetic makeup of the cell and including the transfer of genes across species boundaries to produce improved novel organisms. Genes may be removed, or "knocked out", using a nuclease. Gene is targeting  a different technique that uses homologous recombination to change an endogenous gene, and this can be used to delete a gene, remove exons, add a gene, or to introduce genetic mutations.  Genetic engineering does not normally include traditional animal and plant breeding, in vitro fertilization, induction of polyploidy, mutagenesis and cell fusion techniques that do not use recombinant nucleic acids or a genetically modified organism in the process.