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Ahmed and KhosaThe Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences, 20(4): 2010, Page: J.
Anim. Plant Sci. 20(4):2010
ISSN: 1018-7081
ABSTRACT
DNA technologies have revolutionalized modern science in many ways. DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid), the hereditary
material in all living organism from bacteria to bull, controls and directs all the functions of a living organism. Many
techniques have been evolved to understand and manipulate the DNA for many purposes like parentage analysis, curing
genetic diseases, forensics, gene therapy and to improve the livestock production. In this paper DNA technologies.
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), DNA sequencing, Recombinant DNA technology, DNA microarray technology,
marker assisted selection (MAS), stem cell, genetic engineering and their role in order to improve livestock production
are reviewed.
Key words: Deoxyribo nucleic acid (DNA), Short tandem repeat (STR), Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP),
Marker assisted selection (MAS), Polymerase chain reachin (PCR).
INTRODUCTION
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