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Transgenic Animals: Principles, Methods and Applications

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Rodent Model as Tools in Ethical Biomedical Research

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This chapter focuses on the basics of technology, methods, application and future prospects of transgenic animals in medicine, agriculture and industry. Transgenic technologies and the ability to introduce or delete functional genes into animals have revolutionized our ability to address complex biomedical and biological questions.

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  1. Department of Biophysics, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Rua Pedro de Toledo, 669, 90 andar, São Paulo, SP, 04039-032, Brazil

    Suzana Macedo de Oliveira

  2. Centro de Desenvolvimento de Modelos Experimentais para Medicina e Biologia CEDEME, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Heloisa Allegro Baptista

  3. Department of Biophysics, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    João Bosco Pesquero

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de Oliveira, S.M., Baptista, H.A., Pesquero, J.B. (2016). Transgenic Animals: Principles, Methods and Applications. In: Andersen, M., Tufik, S. (eds) Rodent Model as Tools in Ethical Biomedical Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11578-8_11

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