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Biodiversity as a source for synthetic domestication of useful specific traits
Author(s) -
Rech E.L.,
Arber W.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/aab.12013
Subject(s) - domestication , biology , biodiversity , adaptation (eye) , microbiology and biotechnology , agriculture , synthetic biology , genetically modified organism , agroforestry , ecology , computational biology , genetics , gene , neuroscience
Plant and animal domestication form the foundation of agriculture. Currently, there are considerable efforts and hypotheses to understand adaptation and regulatory processes involving domestication and biodiversity organisms. Here, we propose the use of recombinant DNA as a foundation for the synthetic domestication of biodiversity traits. For example, we commented on current studies involving synthetic spider‐like fibres production in bacteria and mimicking oil seed species in genetically manipulated soybean. We suggest that this approach constitutes a sustainable and viable option for conservation and development of value‐added processes and products from biodiversity.