The objective of the subject is to present to the student the set of current techniques that use live animals or parts of mammals in order to obtain or modify products and/or improve mammalian animals. The implications/applications of this technology will also be shown in the biomedical, industrial, ecological and conservation biology environment.
Once the subject has been completed, the student must be able to understand with certain depth the methodologies underlying the creation of clonal animals, transgenic animals, knock-outs, knock-ins, etc. Know the particularities depending on the chosen animal model. Consider the animals as a laboratory reagent and know the quality criteria they should have. Master the biology of the development of mammals, as well as the main techniques of assisted reproduction and their involvement in animal genetic engineering.
The knowledge of this technology will facilitate the capacity of critical reasoning applied, as well as the possibility of enriching a hypothetical future work in fields related to animal biotechnology from both a research and professional perspective.
From the perspective of plant biotechnology, the objective is to learn the theoretical and practical bases of Plant Biotechnology and the tools that this discipline uses.
Learn the techniques used by genetic engineering as well as the necessary foundations to deepen the concept of transgenic plants and the different methods of obtaining them with practical applications.
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